Knowing bodies, passionate souls : sense perceptions in Byzantium /

• Other Authors: Harvey, Susan Ashbrook (επιμελήτρια.), Mullett, Margaret (επιμελήτρια.)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, c2017.
• Series: Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine symposia and colloquia
• Subjects: Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία > Κοινωνική ζωή και έθιμα.; Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία > Πνευματικές δραστηριότητες > Συνέδρια

"Byzantine culture was notably attuned to a cosmos of multiple dominions: material, bodily, intellectual, physical, spiritual, human, divine. Despite a prevailing discourse to the contrary, the Byzantine world found its bridges between domains most often in sensory modes of awareness. These dif...