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In enemy hands: the Byzantine experience of captivity between the seventh and tenth centuries. [PDF]
Early Mediev Eur, 2023 The present paper deals with forced migration experienced by subjects of the Byzantine Empire captured by foreign enemies in the context of warfare between the seventh and the tenth centuries. The focus of the first part is on the scenarios faced by individuals and groups when an enemy had taken control of a settlement or a larger territory. The second
Simeonov G.
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Saints' mobility and confinement: deconstructing Byzantine stories of (fe)male ascetics and monastics. [PDF]
Early Mediev Eur, 2023 This article investigates stories of holiness which have ascetics or monastics as their hero(in)es and which develop based on a careful interlocking of two concepts: wanderings in urban or desert environments and self‐confinement in enclosed or secluded spaces.
Papavarnavas C.
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The Heythrop Journal, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 474-488, July 2023., 2023 This essay argues that a negative hermeneutics, i.e., a hermeneutics that takes its starting point from the experience of gaps, failures, and limits, is a suitable lens for the study of mysticism. It uses the concept of travail of the negative, which focuses on the dynamics of a continuous ‘unsaying’ and ‘subverting’ of traditional expressions of faith
Edda Wolff
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The Knightly Brothers of Bernard of Clairvaux and the Twelfth‐Century Cistercian Lay Monk*
Journal of Religious History, Volume 47, Issue 2, Page 295-317, June 2023., 2023 Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux (r. 1115–1153) was a prominent twelfth‐century religious leader whose knightly family collectively converted to monastic life with him in adulthood around 1113. Following Clairvaux's foundation in 1115, Bernard's brothers held roles of significant estate seniority despite their own professional limitations as newly converted ...
Joseph Millan‐Cole
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Re‐examining Hrabanus Maurus’ letter on incest and magic
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 252-273, May 2023., 2023 This article offers a reanalysis of Hrabanus’ mid‐ninth‐century text De magicis artibus. Often read and studied as a complete work, the De magicis artibus is in fact one portion of a longer text that also discusses incest and marriage practices. Furthermore, the single surviving copy of the text is deliberately attached to another work by Hrabanus, his
Matthew B. Edholm
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The Animalistic Gullet and the Godlike Soul: Reframing Sacrifice in Midrash Leviticus Rabbah [PDF]
, 2014 This article proposes an analysis of two homiletic units in the Palestinian Midrash Leviticus Rabbah, which revolve around biblical chapters pertaining to sacrifices.
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Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 3-22, February 2023., 2023 This article addresses Salvian of Marseille’s treatise on God’s governance (De gubernatione Dei), one of the most important sources for the Germanic peoples’ period of migration at the beginning of the fifth century. It focuses in particular on Salvian’s critique of public entertainment, in the middle of Book VI.
Jonathan Stutz
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Literalising Metaphor in the Poetry of Robert Southwell☆
Renaissance Studies, Volume 37, Issue 1, Page 75-91, February 2023., 2023 Abstract This article focuses on a distinctive feature of Robert Southwell's poetic technique, namely, his approach to metaphor. I argue that a number of Southwell's metaphors have a surprisingly literal quality where their vehicles are given greater prominence than their tenors.
Conor McKee
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Dzieje patrystyki w środowisku krakowskim (Zarys)
Vox Patrum, 1999 Dai ultimi anni XIV secolo, alla corte della santa regina Hedvige, si possono trovare le radici degli studi sui Padri nel nostro ambiente. Ma la storia della patrologia e collegata con la storia dell’Accademia di Cracovia.
Jan W. Żelazny
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Digital Greek Patristic Catena (DGPC). A brief presentation [PDF]
Journal of Data Mining and Digital Humanities, 2017 The project is to develop a database, which is planned to include all available information on the use of the Bible in the patristic works of Migne's Patrologia Graeca.
Athanasios Paparnakis +1 more
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