The Christian Parthenon : classicism and pilgrimage in Byzantine Athens

The Christian Parthenon : classicism and pilgrimage in Byzantine Athens / Anthony Kaldellis.

Author/creator	Kaldellis, Anthony
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description	xvi, 252 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 26 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	Parthenon (Athens, Greece)--History. Parthenon (Athens, Greece)--Influence. Classicism--Greece --Athens --History. Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Greece --Athens --History. Christianity--Byzantine Empire. Athens (Greece)--History. Athens (Greece)--Religious life and customs. Athens (Greece)--Church history. Greece--History --323-1453. Byzantine Empire--Church history.

Contents	Introduction: Byzantine Athens : a city with no history? -- Conversions of the Parthenon -- From students to pilgrims in medieval Athens (AD 532-848) -- Imperial recognition : Basileios II in Athens (AD 1018) -- Pilgrims of the middle period (AD 900-1100) -- The apogee of the Atheniotissa in the twelfth century -- Michael Choniates : a classicist-bishop and his cathedral (AD 1182-1205) -- Why the Parthenon? An attempt at interpretation -- The light of the Christian Parthenon.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-248) and index.
LCCN	2009005863
ISBN	9780521882286 (hbk.)
ISBN	0521882281 (hbk.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DF287.P3 K33 2009	✔ Available	Place Hold