These ten holy women, whose vitae range from the tenth to the thirteenth centuries, represent a wide variety of Byzantin
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This is a collection of essays on the literature of "saints' lives" in Anglo-Saxon literature.
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The seven vitae feature holy men and women who opposed imperial edicts and suffered for their defense of images, from th
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The rulers of the Byzantine Empire and its commonwealth were protected both by their own soldiers and by a heavenly army
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Byzantium was one of the greatest civilisations the world has ever seen. Judith Herrin tells its extraordinary story afr
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The image of the rose winds through the book, symbol of eternity and transience, gravity and folly. We find it in the gh
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