Military saints in Byzantium and Rus, 900-1200 /

Military saints in Byzantium and Rus, 900-1200 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	White, Monica, 1976- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Subject:	Byzantine Empire. -- Stratos. Byzantine Empire. -- Stratos. Christian patron saints -- Cult -- Byzantine Empire. Christian martyrs -- Cult -- Byzantine Empire. War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. Christian martyrs -- Cult. Christian patron saints -- Cult. Byzantine Empire -- History, Military -- 1081-1453. Byzantine Empire -- Church history. Byzantine Empire. Church history. Military history.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10429342

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ISBN:	9781139013864 (electronic bk.) 1139013866 (electronic bk.) 9780521195645 (hardback) 0521195640 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-240) and index. Description based on print version record.
Other form:	Original 9780521195645 0521195640

Table of Contents:

List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
A note on translations, transliterations and names
List of abbreviations
General map of Rus in the late pre-Mongul period
Introduction
1. The pre-history of the military saints
2. The formation of the martyr-warrior ideal
3. The collective cult of the military saints
4. The military saints in early Rus
5. Boris and Gleb and the martyr-warrior ideal in Rus
6. Military saints under the House of Suzdal
Conclusion
Appendix 1. Feast days of the principal military saints
Appendix 2. Reigns of Roman and Byzantine emperors mentioned in the text
Appendix 3. Simplified genealogy of the Riurikids
Appendix 4. Rus churches and monasteries dedicated to patronal figures
Appendix 5. Rus churches and monasteries dedicated to non-patronal figures
Bibliography
Index.