Russell, Eugenia, 1976-

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.
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Containes passages in Greek with English translation.






Demetrius, Saint, 4th cent.


Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.


Thessalonikē (Greece)--Church history.
Thessalonikē (Greece)--History.


Electronic books.

BR1720.D45 / R87 2010eb

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