The Homilies of the Emperor Leo VI / / Theodora Antonopoulou.

• Superior document: The Medieval Mediterranean
• VerfasserIn: Antonopoulou, Theodora,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, New York, New York : : Brill,, [1997]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English
• Series: The Medieval Mediterranean
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- PART ONE THE HOMILIES OF LEO VI -- Chapter One: The Author and his Work -- Leo VI -- The Literary Works of Leo VI -- Chapter Two: The Homilies of Leo VI: A Presentation -- Enumeration and Classification -- Editions -- Translations -- Modern Studies -- Chapter Three: The Emperor and His Homilies -- Testimonies to the Homilies -- The Delivery of the Homilies -- Reasons for the Composition of the Homilies -- A Formal Collection -- Chapter Four: The Chronology of the Homilies -- Chapter Five: Political Ideology in the Homilies -- Chapter Six: The Style of the Homilies -- PART TWO THE HOMILIES OF LEO VI AND THE HOMILETIC TRADITION -- Chapter One: The Development of the Byzantine Homiletic Tradition (Fourth-Tenth Centuries) -- Chapter Two: The Homilies of Leo VI: The Homilies on Saints -- Chapter Three: The Marian Homilies -- Chapter Four: The Dominical Homilies -- Chapter Five: The Homilies on Special Occasions -- Chapter Six: Conclusions of Part Two -- APPENDICES -- Appendix One: The Authenticity of Homily 42 -- Appendix Two: The Byzantine Dodecasyllable in Homily 26 -- Appendix Three: Leo VI and Photios: the Testimony of the Homilies -- Bibliography -- Ia. General Sources -- Ib. Individual Sources cited in Part Two -- II. Literature -- Index -- THE MEDIEVAL MEDITERRANEAN.