Stephan Nemanja, ruler and seer: the reception of apocalyptic visions in purpose of the theological articulation of “translatio imperii” in the hagiography of Saint Symeon by Stephan II Nemanjic (the first-crowned)
Stephan II writes the Hagiography of Saint Symeon five years after the death of Alexius III. In the legal and political vacuum of the Byzantine imperial legitimacy, Stephan II exploits the reception of Apoc 21:2, 10 by describing the erection of the monastery of Studenica in order to present his fat...
| Published in: | Annali di storia dell'esegesi |
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| Subtitles: | Die Rezeptionsgechichte des Jona-Buches in christlicher Literatur |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ed. Dehoniane
2020
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| In: |
Annali di storia dell'esegesi
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Stefan Nemanjić, Serbien, König 1165-1227
/ Hagiography
/ Stephan, Serbien, Großfürst 1114-1200
/ Rule (Motif)
/ Apocalypticism
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KBK Europe (East) KCD Hagiography; saints KDF Orthodox Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Stephan Nemanja
B Apocalyptic B Visions B Translatio imperii B Constantine the Great B Stephan the First-Crowned B Ruling ideology |
| Summary: | Stephan II writes the Hagiography of Saint Symeon five years after the death of Alexius III. In the legal and political vacuum of the Byzantine imperial legitimacy, Stephan II exploits the reception of Apoc 21:2, 10 by describing the erection of the monastery of Studenica in order to present his father, as well as himself, as Christian rulers that experienced the apocalyptic vision of the New Jerusalem following the prototype of Constantine the Great. This inventive theological and political construct of Stephan II implies the perception of the Serbian medieval state in the light of translatio imperii. After the fall of Constantinople the Constantine-like Serbian rulers and seers, Stephan Nemanja and his son, Stephan II are now the bearers of the Constantinian ruling theology. |
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| ISSN: | 1120-4001 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Annali di storia dell'esegesi
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