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

Author/creator Kaldellis, Anthony
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Descriptionxvi, 252 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [215]-248) and index.
LCCN 2009005863
ISBN9780521882286 (hbk.)
ISBN0521882281 (hbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks DF287.P3 K33 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold