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Sacralizing Violence in Byzantium - Hymns, Empire, and the Narrowing of Christian Identity

English · Hardback

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Sacralizing Violence in Byzantium is the first book to examine the complex and shifting perceptions of premodern Christians toward violence and war through the lens of hymnography, with a profound transformation in the early seventh century. Demacopoulos reveals how Byzantine culture dramatized, authorized, and even celebrated violence.

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George E. Demacopoulos

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Authors George E. Demacopoulos
Publisher Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.08.2025
 
EAN 9780884025238
ISBN 978-0-88402-523-8
No. of pages 248
Dimensions 237 mm x 166 mm x 25 mm
Weight 536 g
Series Dumbarton Oaks Studies
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

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