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Emperor and God

This study explores how the understanding of the Byzantine emperor as a sacred or divine figure changed in the Middle Byzantine period. It is based on close readings and studies of three medieval Passion relics held in Constantinople: the Mandylion, the relic-reliquary ensemble of the Limburg Stauro...

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Hlavní autor: Sprecher, Christopher
Médium: Online
Jazyk:němčina
Vydáno: Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP) 2024
Témata:
True Cross
Byzantium
Mandylion
Relics
Holy Stone
Wahres Kreuz
Byzanz
Reliquien
Heiliger Stein
thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology
thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1Q Other geographical groupings: Oceans and seas, historical, political etc::1QB Historical states, empires, territories and regions::1QBC Historical states, empires, territories and regions: multi-continental::1QBCB Byzantine Empire
On-line přístup:ONIX_20240613_9783968222257_5
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Shrnutí:This study explores how the understanding of the Byzantine emperor as a sacred or divine figure changed in the Middle Byzantine period. It is based on close readings and studies of three medieval Passion relics held in Constantinople: the Mandylion, the relic-reliquary ensemble of the Limburg Staurotheke; and the Holy Stone. Accompanied by English-language translations  of medieval Greek source texts pertaining to these relics, Sprecher demonstrates that the Passion relics in this period served to focus and narrow an understanding of the emperor not only as divinely appointed and anointed ruler, but also in surprising ways as being somehow divine himself.

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