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Wisdom's House, Heaven's Gate

Athens and Jerusalem in the Middle Ages

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Taking as its starting point an investigation into the physical topography and symbolism of the two cities of Athens and Jerusalem, this book offers a cultural history of the rival superpowers—the Byzantine Empire and Fatimid Caliphate—that between them dominated the Mediterranean world during the Central Middle Ages. It shows that the destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on the orders of al-Hakim punctuated a century of heightened interaction resulting from changing patterns of warfare, trade and pilgrimage. Resettlement of both Christians and Muslims from Syria-Palestine in Asia Minor and the Balkans introduced these migrants’ host culture to new forms of religious and artistic expression. In Hellas, a flurry of building projects reinvented Athens as a New Jerusalem and the Parthenon as a New Temple. The Acropolis became famous for its miraculous lamp and elaborate liturgy. The clergy who performed the sacred mysteries justified them with reference to concepts of hierarchy, illumination and divinisation. These concepts were derived from a philosophical tradition over whose ownership the two superpowers competed. The resulting political theology was the creation of male intellectuals, but female patrons and worshippers also had an impact.
Pages
479 pages
Collection
n.c
Parution
2024-09-14
Marque
Palgrave Macmillan
EAN papier
9783031352621
EAN PDF
9783031352638
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4
Nombre pages imprimables
47
Taille du fichier
39424 Ko
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129,99 €
EAN EPUB
9783031352638
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
4
Nombre pages imprimables
47
Taille du fichier
20982 Ko
Ce livre est accessible aux handicaps Voir les informations sur l'accessibilité
Prix
129,99 €
Teresa Shawcross is Associate Professor of History and Hellenic Studies at Princeton University, USA and a Senior Member of Robinson College, University of Cambridge, UK. She has previously published The Chronicle of Morea: Historiography in Crusader Greece and Reading in the Byzantine Empire and Beyond.

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