Symeon Stylites The Younger And Late Antique Antioch

Author : Lucy Parker,British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow Lucy Parker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-07
Category : Antioch (Turkey)
ISBN : 9780192865175

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Symeon Stylites the Younger and Late Antique Antioch by Lucy Parker,British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow Lucy Parker Pdf

Symeon Stylites the Younger and Late Antique Antioch: From Hagiography to History is a study of the authority of the holy man and its limits in times of crisis. Lucy Parker investigates the tensions that emerged when increasingly ambitious claims about the powers of holy men came into conflict with undeniable evidence of their failures, and explores how holy men and their supporters responded to this. The work takes as its central figure Symeon Stylites the Younger (c.521-592), who, from his vantage point on a column on a mountain close to Antioch, witnessed a period of exceptional turbulence in the local area, which, in the sixth century, experienced plague, earthquakes, and Persian invasion. Through an examination of Symeon's own writings, as well as his hagiographic biography, it reveals that the stylite was a divisive figure who played upon social tensions and upon culturally sensitive areas such as paganism to carve out a role for himself as prophet and spiritual authority in the face of considerable opposition. It sets Symeon's life and cult in the context of Antioch and eastern Roman society, offering a new perspective on the state of the empire in the period before the rise of Islam. It argues that hagiography is an exceptionally rich source for the historian, offering insights into debates and tensions which reached to the heart of Christianity.

Author : Lucy Parker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Antioch (Turkey)
ISBN : 0191955663

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Symeon Stylites the Younger and Late Antique Antioch by Lucy Parker Pdf

Symeon Stylites the Younger and Late Antique Antioch explores the authority of a holy man and its limitations in times of crisis, with a particular focus on the little-studied Antiochene stylite Symeon the Younger. Symeon the Younger (c.521-92) lived through a period of repeated disasters in the region of Antioch, including earthquakes, plagues, and Persian invasions. The book explores how Symeon and his supporters reacted to these crises, which posed a powerful challenge to the claims of holy men to be able to protect their supplicants. It argues that crisis laid bare theological and emotional tensions that had always existed around the role of a holy man as intercessor between God and his supplicants. It considers various texts associated with the stylite, including his sermon collection, his hagiographic Life, and the Life of his mother, Martha, setting these in the broader context of society and culture in the late Roman empire and of developments in hagiography over time. The sermon collection and the Life of Symeon show that the stylite was a divisive figure who played on social tensions and scapegoated the wealthy notables of Antioch for disaster. The Life of Martha reflects a reorientation of priorities for the cult, offering an original vision of holiness based on participation in liturgy and the sacraments. The tensions evinced in these texts are reflected in other hagiographies from the period, offering a new perspective on the state of the Roman empire in the sixth and seventh centuries.

Author : Lucy Anne Rosamund Parker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Antioch (Turkey)
ISBN : 0192688782

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Symeon Stylites the Younger and Late Antique Antioch by Lucy Anne Rosamund Parker Pdf

A study of the authority of the holy man and its limits in times of crisis, taking as its central figure Symeon Stylites the Younger (c.521-592), who, from his vantage point on a column on a mountain close to Antioch, witnessed a period of exceptional turbulence in the sixth century, including plague, earthquakes, and Persian invasion.

Author : Lucy Parker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192688798

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Symeon Stylites the Younger and Late Antique Antioch by Lucy Parker Pdf

Symeon Stylites the Younger and Late Antique Antioch: From Hagiography to History is a study of the authority of the holy man and its limits in times of crisis. Lucy Parker investigates the tensions that emerged when increasingly ambitious claims about the powers of holy men came into conflict with undeniable evidence of their failures, and explores how holy men and their supporters responded to this. The work takes as its central figure Symeon Stylites the Younger (c.521-592), who, from his vantage point on a column on a mountain close to Antioch, witnessed a period of exceptional turbulence in the local area, which, in the sixth century, experienced plague, earthquakes, and Persian invasion. Through an examination of Symeon's own writings, as well as his hagiographic biography, it reveals that the stylite was a divisive figure who played upon social tensions and upon culturally sensitive areas such as paganism to carve out a role for himself as prophet and spiritual authority in the face of considerable opposition. It sets Symeon's life and cult in the context of Antioch and eastern Roman society, offering a new perspective on the state of the empire in the period before the rise of Islam. It argues that hagiography is an exceptionally rich source for the historian, offering insights into debates and tensions which reached to the heart of Christianity.

Author : Stephen Mitchell,Geoffrey Greatrex
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781119768555

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A History of the Later Roman Empire, AD 284-700 by Stephen Mitchell,Geoffrey Greatrex Pdf

A sweeping historical account of the Later Roman Empire incorporating the latest scholarly research In the newly revised 3rd edition of A History of the Later Roman Empire, 284-700, distinguished historians Geoffrey Greatrex and Stephen Mitchell deliver a thoroughly up-to-date discussion of the Later Roman Empire. It includes tables of information, numerous illustrations, maps, and chronological overviews. As the only single volume covering Late Antiquity and the early Islamic period, the book is designed as a comprehensive historical handbook covering the entire span between the Roman Empire to the Islamic conquests. The third edition is a significant expansion of the second edition—published in 2015—and includes two new chapters covering the seventh century. The rest of the work has been updated and revised, providing readers with a sweeping historical survey of the struggles, triumphs, and disasters of the Roman Empire, from the accession of the emperor Diocletian in AD 284 to the closing years of the seventh century. It also offers: A thorough description of the massive political and military transformations in Rome’s western and eastern empires Comprehensive explorations of the latest research on the Later Roman Empire Practical discussions of the tumultuous period ushered in by the Arab conquests Extensive updates, revisions, and corrections of the second edition Perfect for undergraduate and postgraduate students of ancient, medieval, early European, and Near Eastern history, A History of the Later Roman Empire, 284-700 will also benefit lay readers with an interest in the relevant historical period and students taking a survey course involving the late Roman Empire.

Author : Christine Shepardson
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520303379

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Controlling Contested Places by Christine Shepardson Pdf

From constructing new buildings to describing rival-controlled areas as morally and physically dangerous, leaders in late antiquity fundamentally shaped their physical environment and thus the events that unfolded within it. Controlling Contested Places maps the city of Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) through the topographically sensitive vocabulary of cultural geography, demonstrating the critical role played by physical and rhetorical spatial contests during the tumultuous fourth century. Paying close attention to the manipulation of physical places, Christine Shepardson exposes some of the powerful forces that structured the development of religious orthodoxy and orthopraxy in the late Roman Empire. Theological claims and political support were not the only significant factors in determining which Christian communities gained authority around the Empire. Rather, Antioch’s urban and rural places, far from being an inert backdrop against which events transpired, were ever-shifting sites of, and tools for, the negotiation of power, authority, and religious identity. This book traces the ways in which leaders like John Chrysostom, Theodoret, and Libanius encouraged their audiences to modify their daily behaviors and transform their interpretation of the world (and landscape) around them. Shepardson argues that examples from Antioch were echoed around the Mediterranean world, and similar types of physical and rhetorical manipulations continue to shape the politics of identity and perceptions of religious orthodoxy to this day.

Author : Emma Loosley Leeming
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004375314

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Architecture and Asceticism: Cultural interaction between Syria and Georgia in Late Antiquity by Emma Loosley Leeming Pdf

In Architecture and Asceticism Loosley Leeming presents the first interdisciplinary exploration of Late Antique Syrian-Georgian relations available in English. The author takes an inter-disciplinary approach and examines the question from archaeological, art historical, historical, literary and theological viewpoints to try and explore the relationship as thoroughly as possible. Taking the Georgian belief that ‘Thirteen Syrian Fathers’ introduced monasticism to the country in the sixth century as a starting point, this volume explores the evidence for trade, cultural and religious relations between Syria and the Kingdom of Kartli (what is now eastern Georgia) between the fourth and seventh centuries CE. It considers whether there is any evidence to support the medieval texts and tries to place this posited relationship within a wider regional context.

Author : Anne P. Alwis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441127396

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Celibate Marriages in Late Antique and Byzantine Hagiography by Anne P. Alwis Pdf

This book explores the puzzling phenomenon of celibate marriage as depicted in the lives of three couples who achieved sainthood. Marriage without intercourse appears to have no purpose, especially in Christian antiquity, yet these three tales were copied for centuries. What messages were they promoting? What did it mean to be a virgin husband and a virgin wife? Including full translations, this volume sets each life in its historical context, and by examining their individual and shared themes, the book shows that the tension raised by pitting marriage against celibacy is constantly debated. It also highlights the ingenuity of Byzantine hagiographers as they attempted to reconcile this curious paradox. The book addresses a gap in late Antique and Byzantine hagiographic studies where primary sources and interpretative material are very rarely presented in the same volume. By providing a variety of contexts to the material a much more comprehensive, revealing and holistic picture of celibate marriage emerges.

Author : Christian Laes,Ville Vuolanto
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317175506

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Children and Everyday Life in the Roman and Late Antique World by Christian Laes,Ville Vuolanto Pdf

Children and Everyday Life in the Roman and Late Antique World explores what it meant to be a child in the Roman world - what were children’s concerns, interests and beliefs - and whether we can find traces of children’s own cultures. By combining different theoretical approaches and source materials, the contributors explore the environments in which children lived, their experience of everyday life, and what the limits were for their agency. The volume brings together scholars of archaeology and material culture, classicists, ancient historians, theologians, and scholars of early Christianity and Judaism, all of whom have long been involved in the study of the social and cultural history of children. The topics discussed include children's living environments; clothing; childhood care; social relations; leisure and play; health and disability; upbringing and schooling; and children's experiences of death. While the main focus of the volume is on Late Antiquity its coverage begins with the early Roman Empire, and extends to the early ninth century CE. The result is the first book-length scrutiny of the agency and experience of pre-modern children.

Author : Emma Loosley
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789004231825

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The Architecture and Liturgy of the Bema in Fourth- To-Sixth-Century Syrian Churches by Emma Loosley Pdf

In fourth to sixth century Syria a nave-platform known as the Bema became popular in some regions before mysteriously disappearing; this study seeks to explain how these bemata functioned and which elements led to their decline.

Author : Wachtang Z. Djobadze,Michael F. Hendy
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015016578182

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Archeological Investigations in the Region West of Antioch On-the-Orontes by Wachtang Z. Djobadze,Michael F. Hendy Pdf

Author : Andrew Roy Dyck,Sarolta A. Takács
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Byzantine Empire
ISBN : PSU:000031426800

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Byzantinische Forschungen by Andrew Roy Dyck,Sarolta A. Takács Pdf

Internationale Zeitschrift für Byzantinistik.

Author : Andrew Roy Dyck,Sarolta A. Takács
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Byzantine Empire
ISBN : STANFORD:36105017044996

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Presence of Byzantium by Andrew Roy Dyck,Sarolta A. Takács Pdf

Author : Kristina M. Neumann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108837149

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Antioch in Syria by Kristina M. Neumann Pdf

Combines ancient coins and innovative digital technologies to study the citizens of Syrian Antioch and their imperial conquerors.

Author : Isabella Sandwell,Janet Huskinson
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015058070916

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Culture and Society in Later Roman Antioch by Isabella Sandwell,Janet Huskinson Pdf

Libanius and higher education at Antioch / Samuel N.C. Lieu -- Communality and theatre in Libanius' Oration LXIV In defence of the pantomimes / Johannes Haubold, Richard Miles -- Christian self-definition in the fourth century AD : John Chrysostom on Christianity, imperial rule and the city / Isabella Sandwell -- Christian demography in the territorium of Antioch (4th-5th c.) : observations on the epigraphy / Frank R. Trombley -- The Romanization and Christianization of the Antiochene region : the material evidence from three sites / Tasha Vorderstrasse -- The archaeological landscape of late Roman Antioch / Jesse Casana -- The seedier side of Antioch / Simon Ellis -- Surveying the scene : Antioch Mosaic pavements as a source of historical evidence / Janet Huskinson.