Holy fools in Byzantium and beyond / Sergey A. Ivanov ; translated by Simon Franklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ivanov, S. A. (Sergei Arkadevich), 1956-

Series:

Oxford studies in Byzantium.

Oxford studies in Byzantium

Standardized Title:

Vizantiĭskoe i͡urodstvo. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holy fools--Byzantine Empire.

Holy fools.

Asceticism--Orthodox Eastern Church.

Asceticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (492 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The image of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square is a familiar Russian landmark. Yet few people know what made Basil so famous. He was a saint who wandered about naked, bullied passers-by, brawled in the market-place, and once even smashed a revered icon. Saints such as Basil overturn the conventional concept of sainthood - what, we may ask, is saintly about them? This book aims to solve the mystery by exploring the figure of the holy fool in Byzantium and in later Russian. history. - ;There are saints in Orthodox Christian culture who overturn the conventional concept of sainthood. The

Contents:

Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Precursors and Emergence; 2 Insane Saints; 3 Lechers and Beggars; 4 Holy Scandal; 5 The 'Second Edition' of Holy Foolery; 6 The 'New Theologians'; 7 Balancing at the Edge; 8 Decline; 9 Old Russian Iurodstvo; 10 The Iurodivyi and the Tsar; 11 Iurodstvo in an Age of Transition; 12 Iurodstvo Meets Modernity; 13 The Eastern Periphery; 14 The Western Periphery; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-456) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-90569-7

0-19-151514-0

OCLC:

476257061

Publisher Number:

9780199272518