Life and Death of Theodore of Stoudios

The Life and Death of Theodore of Stoudios collects three important works promoting the influential Constantinople monastery of Stoudios and the memory of its founder, who is celebrated as a saint in the Orthodox Church for defending icon veneration. New editions of the Byzantine Greek texts appear alongside the first English translations.

About the author

Robert H. Jordan was an Assistant Director and Senior Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Byzantine Studies, Queen’s University, Belfast.Rosemary Morris is a former Reader in History at the University of Manchester. She teaches at the University of York.

Summary

The Life and Death of Theodore of Stoudios collects three important works promoting the influential Constantinople monastery of Stoudios and the memory of its founder, who is celebrated as a saint in the Orthodox Church for defending icon veneration. New editions of the Byzantine Greek texts appear alongside the first English translations.

Product details

• Authors: Robert H. Jordan, Rosemary Morris
• Assisted by: Jordan Robert H. (Editor and translation), Rosemary Morris (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780674261198
• ISBN: 978-0-674-26119-8
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library (HUP) CONTINS TO- [e-mail]; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library CONTINS TO- [e-mail]
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox, RELIGION / Monasticism, HISTORY / Byzantine Empire, Christianity, History of Religion, History of other geographical groupings and regions, History of other lands, Religious communities and monasticism, Christian communities & monasticism, Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches, Orthodox & Oriental Churches