Dal Santo argues that Pope Gregory the Great's 'Dialogues', which debated the nature and plausibility of the saints' miracles and the propriety of the saints' cult, should be considered from the perspective of a wide-ranging debate which took place in early Byzantine society.
"This book argues that the Dialogues on the Miracles of the Italian Fathers, Pope Gregory the Great's (590-604) most controversial work, should be considered from the perspective of a wide-ranging debate about the saints which took place in early Byzantine society. Like other co…
Dal Santo argues that Pope Gregory the Great's 'Dialogues', which debated the nature and plausibility of the saints' miracles and the propriety of the saints' cult, should be considered from the perspective of a wide-ranging debate which took place in early Byzantine society.
This book offers a fresh perspective on religious culture in the medieval Middle East. It investigates the ways Muslims thought about and practiced at sacred spaces and in sacred times through two detailed case studies: the shrines in honour of the head of al-Husayn (the martyre…
"Among the 12 disciples of Jesus, perhaps none has inspired more magnificent art ... as well as political upheaval ... than Saint James the Greater. He was the first apostle to be martyred. He remains the patron saint of pilgrims to the shrine of Santiago de Compostela. His lega…
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