St. Demetrius of Thessalonica cult and devotion in the Middle Ages / [electronic resource] :
Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica
Eugenia Russell.
- Oxford [England] ; New York : Peter Lang, c2010.
- 213 p.
- Byzantine and neohellenic studies, v. 6 1661-1187 ; .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: cult and devotion in the city of Demetrius -- Intertextuality in the Encomia -- Convention and originality: the athlete of Christ -- Internal literary evidence for the festival of the saint -- Signs of the times: responses to contemporary life.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Containes passages in Greek with English translation.
Demetrius, Saint, 4th cent.
Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Thessalonikē (Greece)--Church history. Thessalonikē (Greece)--History.