The Homilies of the Emperor Leo VI

Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-90-04-10814-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 703 g

Reihe: The Medieval Mediterranean

This highly original study provides an extensive and careful analysis of the Homilies of the Byzantine emperor Leo VI (A.D. 886-912) in order to place them in their historical and cultural contexts. This neglected corpus of forty-two texts comprises both panegyrics on ecclesiastical feasts and discourses on special occasions.
The first part deals with the Homilies in the framework of Leo VI's career by examining topics such as the circumstances of the delivery of the Homilies and their political significance. The second part places the Homilies within the Byzantine homiletic tradition of the fourth to tenth centuries.
The book, the first monograph on this collection, establishes Leo VI as a prominent literary figure of his time, and sheds new light on both the emperor's fascinating personality and the development of Byzantine homiletics. It will be of great benefit to all those who are interested both in Byzantine literature and the Eastern Church.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Antonopoulou, Th

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Östliche & Orientalische Orthodoxe Kirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Theologenbiographien, Religiöse Führer
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Organisation & Institutionen von Kirchen und Gemeinden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Abbreviations

Part One The Homilies of Leo VI
1. The Author and his Work
2. The Homilies of Leo VI: A Presentation
3. The Emperor and His Homilies
4. The Chronology of the Homilies
5. Political Ideology in the Homilies
6. The Style of the Homilies

Part Two The Homilies of Leo VI and the Homiletic Tradition

1. The Devlopment of the Byzantine Homiletic Tradition
2. The Homilies of Leo VI: The Homilies on Saints
3. The Marina Homilies
4. The Dominical Homilies
5. The Homilies on Special Occasions
6. Conclusions of Part Two

Appendices
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Theodora Antonopoulou, D.Phil. (1995), University of Oxford, is Lecturer in Byzantine Literature at the University of Cyprus. She has held Research Fellowships at Dumbarton Oaks and Linacre College, Oxford, and has published various articles on Byzantine Literature.