Narrating martyrdom : rewriting late-antique virgin martyrs in Byzantium /

• Main Author: Alwis, Anne P. (Anne Priyani) (συγγραφέας, μεταφράστρια)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: aLiverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2020.
• Series: Translated texts for Byzantinists ; volume 9
• Subjects: Χριστιανοί άγιοι; Χριστιανοί μάρτυρες; Βίοι αγίων

"This book reconceives the rewriting of Byzantine hagiography between the eighth and fourteenth centuries as a skilful initiative in communication and creative freedom, and as a form of authorship. Three men - Makarios (late C13th-C14th), a monk; Constantine Akropolites (d.c.1324), a statesman;...