Thursday 5 April 2012

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The Ashgate Research Companion to Byzantine HagiographyVolume I. Periods and Placesed. by S. Efthymiadis, Ashgate, 2011, 464 pages, ISBN 978-0-7546-5033-1





Hagiography is the most abundantly represented genre of Byzantine literature and it offers crucial insight to the development of religious thought and practice, social and literary life, and the history of the empire   read more




Index (pdf)




R.H. Jordan - R. Morris, The Hypotyposis of the Monastery of the Theotokos Evergetis, Constantinople (11th–12th Centuries). Introduction, Translation and Commentary, Ashgate, 2012, 330 pages, ISBN 978-1-4094-3687-4





This book forms part of the Evergetis Project which aims to investigate all surviving texts associated with the Monastery of the Theotokos Evergetis founded in 1049 near Constantinople. A book-length introduction sets out the historical significance of the house for the development of Byzantine monasticism and discusses its administration, liturgy and way of life   read more



Preface (pdf)

Index (pdf)





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