Divine Heiress - The Virgin Mary and the Making of Christian Constantinople

Informationen zum Autor Vasiliki Limberis Klappentext Divine Heiress explores the vital role of the Virgin Mary in the cultural and religious life of Constantinople in late antiquity. It shows how she was transformed from a humble Jewish maiden into a divine figure and supernatural protector of Constantinople. Vasiliki Limberis examines the cult of Mary in the context of the religious culture of the Mediterranean world and the imperial Christianity of the Roman Empire. The author looks at all the evidence for the cult but pays particular attention to the early hymns to the virgin. These hymns preserved the strong indigenous goddess traditions of Demeter/Persephone, Isis, Hecate and Athena. By studying them the author places the cult of Mary in its historical and cultural context. Zusammenfassung An examination of the cult of Mary in the cultural and religious life of Constantinople in late antiquity in the context of the religious culture of the Mediterranean world and the imperial Christianity of the Roman Empire. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I Mary’s introduction to the new empire 1 Greco-Roman civic religion versus “The Kingdom of God on Earth” 2 The Theodosians and paganism 3 Theodosius, Pulcheria, and the civic ceremonies 4 Imperial cult, panegyric, and the Theotokos Part II Mary’s inheritance 5 The hierarchs’ Mary 6 Byzantium’s bequest to the Theotokos, Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Vasiliki Limberis, Limberis Vasiliki
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.1994
• EAN: 9780415096775
• ISBN: 978-0-415-09677-5
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Religion: general, Theology, Christianity, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc