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portada Saints and Church Spaces in the Late Antique Mediterranean Paperback (Greek Culture in the Roman World)
Type
Physical Book
Year
2012
Language
English
Pages
362
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
24.4 x 17.0 x 1.9 cm
Weight
0.58 kg.
ISBN13
9781107411630

Saints and Church Spaces in the Late Antique Mediterranean Paperback (Greek Culture in the Roman World)

Ann Marie Yasin (Author) · Cambridge University Press · Paperback

Saints and Church Spaces in the Late Antique Mediterranean Paperback (Greek Culture in the Roman World) - Yasin, Ann Marie

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Synopsis "Saints and Church Spaces in the Late Antique Mediterranean Paperback (Greek Culture in the Roman World)"

This book explores the intersection between two key developments of the fourth through seventh centuries CE: the construction of monumental churches and the veneration of saints. While Christian sacred topography is usually interpreted in narrowly religious terms as points of contact with holy places and people, this book considers church buildings as spatial environments in which a range of social 'work' happened. It draws on approaches developed in the fields of anthropology, ritual studies, and social geography to examine, for example, how church buildings facilitated commemoration of the community's dead, establishment of a shared historical past, and communication with the divine. Surveying evidence for the introduction of saints into liturgical performance and the architectural and decorative programs of churches, this analysis explains how saints helped to bolster the boundaries of church space, reinforce local social and religious hierarchies, and negotiate the community's place within larger regional and cosmic networks.

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