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 consistency with which these patterns appear sheds new light on the conventions of Old English poetic hagiography.
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The tales told in Inspiration from the Saints cover a variety of themes in the lives of these holy men and women: their
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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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How do we know what we know about saints?
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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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