03239nam 2200733Ia 450 991095474020332120251116175323.01-134-86278-41-134-86279-21-280-33140-297802033030910-203-30309-10-203-03617-410.4324/9780203036174 (CKB)1000000000249291(EBL)169568(OCoLC)252798872(SSID)ssj0000140321(PQKBManifestationID)11132250(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140321(PQKBWorkID)10053293(PQKB)10372866(SSID)ssj0000294161(PQKBManifestationID)11911227(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000294161(PQKBWorkID)10303781(PQKB)10494556(MiAaPQ)EBC169568(Au-PeEL)EBL169568(CaPaEBR)ebr10058358(CaONFJC)MIL33140(EXLCZ)99100000000024929119931203d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDivine Heiress the Virgin Mary and the creation of Christian Constantinople /Vasiliki Limberis1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19941 online resource (212 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-64296-5 0-415-09677-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-193) and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Greco-Roman civic religion versus ~The Kingdom of God on Earth~; The Theodosians and paganism; Theodosius, Pulcheria, and the civic ceremonies; Imperial cult, panegyric, and the Theotokos; The hierarchs' Mary; Byzantium's bequest to the Theotokos; Conclusion; Map of Constantinople; Appendix: The Akathistos Hymn; Notes; References; IndexDivine Heiress explores the vital role of the Virgin Mary in the cultural and religious life of Constantinople in late antiquity. It shows how she was transformed from a humble Jewish maiden into a divine figure and supernatural protector of Constantinople.Vasiliki Limberis examines the cult of Mary in the context of the religious culture of the Mediterranean world and the imperial Christianity of the Roman Empire. The author looks at all the evidence for the cult but pays particular attention to the early hymns to the virgin. These hymns preserved the strong indigenous goddess trChristianity and cultureHistoryEarly church, ca. 30-600Hymns, GreekHistory and criticismIstanbul (Turkey)Church historyByzantine EmpireChurch historyChristianity and cultureHistoryHymns, GreekHistory and criticism.232.91/094961/8Limberis Vasiliki1954-473576Orthodox Eastern Church.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954740203321Divine Heiress4492438UNINA