Footprints of Michael the Archangel The Formation and Diffusion of a Saintly Cult, C. 300-C. 800

Informationen zum Autor John Charles Arnold is an Assistant Professor of History at SUNY-Fredonia. Klappentext Early Christians sought miracles from Michael the Archangel and this enigmatic ecumenical figure was the subject of hagiography, liturgical texts, and relics across Western Europe. Entering contemporary debates about angelology, this fascinating study explores the formation and diffusion of the cult of Saint Michael from c. 300-c.800. Zusammenfassung Early Christians sought miracles from Michael the Archangel and this enigmatic ecumenical figure was the subject of hagiography! liturgical texts! and relics across Western Europe. Entering contemporary debates about angelology! this fascinating study explores the formation and diffusion of the cult of Saint Michael from c. 300-c.800. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Problem with Michael 2. Michael: A Ecumenical Archangel 3. Michael the Archistrategos 4. The Politics of Angelic Sanctity 5. Michael Goes North 6. Michael Contained–the Carolingian Cultus

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John C. Arnold, J Arnold, John C. Charles Arnold, John Charles Arnold, J. Arnold
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 24.10.2013
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Sonstiges; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke
• EAN: 9781137346810
• ISBN: 978-1-137-34681-0
• Anzahl Seiten: 292
• Serie: The New Middle Ages; New Middle Ages
• Themen: Europa, Literaturwissenschaft: Antike und Mittelalter, B, Geschichte der Religion, Sociology of Religion, Fiction & related items, Fiction, History of Religion, auseinandersetzen, Literature: history & criticism, Sociology & anthropology, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Religion—History, Religion and sociology, European Literature, Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval, Fiction Literature, Medieval Literature, Literature, Medieval