The hagiographical experiment: developing discourses of sainthood

"The Hagiographical Experiment: Developing Discourses of Sainthood throws fresh light on narratives about Christian holy men and women from Late Antiquity to Byzantium. Rather than focusing on the relationship between story and reality, it asks what literary choices authors made in depicting th...

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Corporate Author: Hagiography as Literature, Veranstaltung 2015, Edinburgh (Author)
Contributors: Gray, Christa 1982- (Editor) ; Corke-Webster, James (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2020]
In: Vigiliae Christianae (volume 158)
Year: 2020
Volumes / Articles:Show volumes/articles.
Series/Journal:Vigiliae Christianae Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae volume 158
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hagiography / Christian literature
B Saint's life / Literary genre
B Hagiography / Church
IxTheo Classification:NBA Dogmatics
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Christian Literature History and criticism
B Christian hagiography History and criticism
B Conference program
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