02957nam 2200637 a 450 991080716090332120200520144314.01-280-90569-70-19-151514-09780199272518(CKB)1000000000405637(EBL)422429(OCoLC)476257061(SSID)ssj0000172647(PQKBManifestationID)11180119(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000172647(PQKBWorkID)10151937(PQKB)10091537(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072463(MiAaPQ)EBC422429(Au-PeEL)EBL422429(CaPaEBR)ebr10177877(CaONFJC)MIL90569(MiAaPQ)EBC7035574(Au-PeEL)EBL7035574(EXLCZ)99100000000040563720060831d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHoly fools in Byzantium and beyond /Sergey A. Ivanov ; translated by Simon FranklinOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (492 p.)Oxford studies in ByzantiumDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-170974-3 0-19-927251-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-456) and index.Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Precursors and Emergence; 2 Insane Saints; 3 Lechers and Beggars; 4 Holy Scandal; 5 The 'Second Edition' of Holy Foolery; 6 The 'New Theologians'; 7 Balancing at the Edge; 8 Decline; 9 Old Russian Iurodstvo; 10 The Iurodivyi and the Tsar; 11 Iurodstvo in an Age of Transition; 12 Iurodstvo Meets Modernity; 13 The Eastern Periphery; 14 The Western Periphery; Conclusion; Bibliography; IndexThe image of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square is a familiar Russian landmark. Yet few people know what made Basil so famous. He was a saint who wandered about naked, bullied passers-by, brawled in the market-place, and once even smashed a revered icon. Saints such as Basil overturn the conventional concept of sainthood - what, we may ask, is saintly about them? This book aims to solve the mystery by exploring the figure of the holy fool in Byzantium and in later Russian. history. - ;There are saints in Orthodox Christian culture who overturn the conventional concept of sainthood. TheOxford studies in Byzantium.Holy foolsByzantine EmpireAsceticismOrthodox Eastern ChurchHoly foolsAsceticismOrthodox Eastern Church.235Ivanov S. A(Sergei Arkadevich),1956-0MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807160903321Holy fools in Byzantium and beyond1924297UNINA