The Correspondence of Ignatios the Deacon

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-0-88402-451-4
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Dumbarton Oaks Texts

Ignatios the Deacon was a key figure in the revival of literary culture that took place at Constantinople in the first half of the ninth century. He is best known for his hagiographical works, but he also wrote poems, compiled an anthology of ancient proverbs, and edited textbooks. For some time he served as bishop of Nicaea under an Iconoclastic regime, but later repented of his errors and moved into the “orthodox” camp. Preserved in a single manuscript, Ignatios’s correspondence has remained practically unknown to scholars. Some of the letters deal with literary trifles, while others contain valuable information on the social and economic history of the period. Taken together in The Correspondence of Ignatios the Deacon, his letters afford a unique glimpse into the activity of a Byzantine intellectual, struggling to survive in a time of bitter doctrinal strife.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mango, Cyril

Efthymiadis, Stephanos

Weitere Mitwirkende

Mango, Cyril

Efthymiadis, Stephanos

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Byzantinische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Mango, Cyril
Cyril Mango (1928–2021) was Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature at King’s College London, the University of Oxford Bywater and Sotheby Professor Emeritus of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature and emeritus professorial fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.

Efthymiadis, Stephanos
Stephanos Efthymiadis is Professor in Byzantine Studies at the Open University of Cyprus.