Dreaming in Byzantium and Beyond

Summary

This book - the first collection of studies on Byzantine dreams to be published - aims to demonstrate the importance of closely examining dreams in Byzantium in their wider historical and cultural, as well as narrative, context. The remarkable number of dream narratives in Byzantine hagiography, historiography, rhetoric, epistolography, and romance

Product details

• Authors: George T. Calofonos, Calofonos George T.
• Assisted by: Christine Angelidi (Editor), Angelidi Christine (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780367600594
• ISBN: 978-0-367-60059-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Anthropology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, Archaeology, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, History and Archaeology, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient Egypt, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Medieval style