Kassia the Nun in Context : : The Religious Thought of a Ninth-Century Byzantine Monastic / / Kurt Sherry.
Kassia the Nun offers a unique glimpse into ninth-century Byzantium in the only woman whose works were included in the corpus of liturgical hymns. This volume explores Kassia’s thought on Christology, on gender, and on monasticism itself. It provides readers with an opportunity to know this woman of...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (160 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. KASSIA THE CANDIDATE
- 2. KASSIA THE FEMINIST
- 3. KASSIA THE ICONOPHILE
- 4. KASSIA THE MONASTIC
- 5. KASSIA THE PERSON
- APPENDIX 1: KASSIA’S POEMS ON MONASTICISM
- APPENDIX 2: BYZANTINE CHRONICLES FOR RECONSTRUCTING KASSIA’S LIFE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY