Holiness on the Move: Mobility and Space in Byzantine Hagiography

Holiness on the Move: Mobility and Space in Byzantine Hagiography explores the literary, religious, and social functions of monastic mobility in Byzantine hagiography, focusing on authorship, audience, narrative structure, identity-making, and practicalities. The case studies cover Constantinople, Asia Minor, mainland Greece, Trebizond, the Balkans, and southern Italy, ranging from the end of the sixth to the fourteenth century. The contributions offer novel insights into the importance of mobility in the literary construction of holiness in the Byzantine world and the wider medieval Mediterranean.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 30 December 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Holiness on the Move: Mobility and Space in Byzantine Hagiography delves into the multifaceted literary, religious, and social functions of monastic mobility in Byzantine hagiography, exploring the intricate interplay between space, narrative, and identity. This comprehensive volume comprises ten chapters that shed light on the diverse and rich nature of travel narratives, delving into topics such as authorship and audience, narrative structure and function, identity formation, and the practicalities and discourses surrounding travel. Spanning a geographical expanse that includes Constantinople and its hinterland, Asia Minor, mainland Greece, Trebizond, the Balkans, and southern Italy, the case studies in this book cover a chronological range from the end of the sixth to the fourteenth century.

The contributions presented in this volume offer fresh insights and perspectives on the significance of mobility in the literary construction of holiness in the Byzantine world and the broader medieval Mediterranean. They also explore the spatial dimension of sacred mobility and the ways in which mobility is employed in the narrative construction of hagiographical texts. As such, this volume contributes to the growing body of research on sacred mobilities and appeals to students and scholars of Byzantine and medieval literature, religion, and history, as well as to a broader audience with an interest in the study of space and mobility.

Weight: 662g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032290799