Holiness on the Move Mobility and Space in Byzantine Hagiography

Mihail Mitrea, "Holiness on the Move: Mobility and Space in Byzantine Hagiography "
English | ISBN: 103229079X | 2022 | 272 pages | PDF | 21 MB
Holiness on the Move: Mobility and Space in Byzantine Hagiography explores the literary, religious, and social functions of monastic mobility in Byzantine hagiography, touching on aspects of space, narrative, and identity. The ten chapters included in this volume highlight the multifaceted and rich nature of travel narratives, exploring topics such as authorship and audience, narrative structure and function, identity-making and practicalities of and discourse on travel. In terms of geographical span, the case studies cover Constantinople and its hinterland, Asia Minor, mainland Greece, Trebizond, the Balkans, and southern Italy and range chronologically from the end of the sixth to the fourteenth century.