Brepols Online Books Medieval Miscellanea Collection 2012 - bob2012mime
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Byzantine Theology and its Philosophical Background
show More to view fulltext, buy and share links for:Byzantine Theology and its Philosophical Background show Less to hide fulltext, buy and share links for: Byzantine Theology and its Philosophical BackgroundSince Byzantium never saw a consistent and definitive attempt at determining the status of philosophy and theology the way Western scholasticism did, the relationship between them in the Greek-speaking medieval world has always been regarded as a problematic issue. The essays contained in this volume work from the assumption that philosophy in Byzantium was not a monolithic doctrinal tradition, but related to a manifold set of intellectual phenomena, institutional frameworks, doctrines, and text traditions that influenced the theological literature in different ways according to the different manifestations and facets of philosophy itself.
Antonio Rigo is Professor of Byzantine Philology and Christianity at the University of Venice Ca' Foscari. His research focuses on religious life in Byzantium, with special emphasis on ascetical and mystical literature, heresiology, and theology during the Paleologan period.
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Byzanz in Europa. Europas östliches Erbe
show More to view fulltext, buy and share links for:Byzanz in Europa. Europas östliches Erbe show Less to hide fulltext, buy and share links for: Byzanz in Europa. Europas östliches ErbeThe role of Byzantium in the Middle Ages is comparable to that of a modern political superpower such as the United States. The latter has a pervasive cultural impact on Europe and Asia, and similar cross-cultural relationships between East and West were also evident in medieval Europe, when Byzantine literature, music, art, and ritual were not only known but also studied and appropriated throughout the West. Scholarship on Byzantium and its relationship with Western Europe has yet to explore the full dynamics of this relationship or the extent to which the West was influenced by Byzantine culture. The papers presented in this volume offer a wide interdisciplinary perspective on the crucial importance of Byzantium for Western Europe, featuring articles on art and architectural history, social and religious history, musicology, literature, historiography, gender studies. The essays originate from an interdisciplinary conference, held in the Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald in December 2007, which brought together an international group of scholars. The proceedings of this gathering give a new and compelling testimony to the exceptionally high status of Byzantine culture in Western Europe and invite further studies on the exceptional and unique role of the Byzantine Empire, positioned at the crux between Europe and Asia.
Michael Altripp received his PhD in Early Christian Archaeology and Byzantine Art from the University of Mainz, and currently holds an Associate Professorship at the University of Greifswald. His main fi elds of interests are at the crossroads of art and architecture with theology, and address in particular issues of exegesis, iconography and liturgy, as well as the dynamics of cross-cultural exchange between East and West.
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