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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: fine. First edition. First printing. Fine, fresh copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 353 pp with bibliography and index. The legends collected here, despite sometimes being viewed with suspicion by the Church, fascinated Christians during the Middle Ages---as related cults, multiple retellings, and contemporary translations attest. Their protagonists span the entire spectrum of Byzantine socierty, including foreigners, soldiers, beggars, ascetics, lustful women, and the sons and daughters of rulers. They travel to exotic lands, perform outlandish miracles, suffer extraordinary violence, destroy rulers, and discover the divine.…

Hardback. Condizione: New. A collection of medieval tales of Byzantine saints, including some rejected by the Church, translated into English for the first time.The legends collected in Saints at the Limits, despite sometimes being viewed with suspicion by the Church, fascinated Christians during the Middle Ages-as related cults, multiple retellings, and contemporary translations attest. Their protagonists span the entire spectrum of Byzantine society, including foreigners, soldiers, ascetics, lustful women, beggars, and the sons and daughters of rulers. They travel to exotic lands, perform outlandish miracles, suffer extraordinary violence, reject family ties, save cities, destroy absolute rulers, and discover the divine. Some saints, like Markos the Athenian, are forgotten nowadays; others, like Saint George the Great Martyr, still command a wide appeal. Each, however, negotiates the limits of Byzantine imagination: the borders that separate the powerful from the outcasts, the real from the imaginary, the human from the beyond human. These stories, edited in Greek and translated into English here for the first time, continue to resonate with readers seeking to understand universal human fears and desires in their Byzantine guise.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. A collection of medieval tales of Byzantine saints, including some rejected by the Church, translated into English for the first time.The legends collected in Saints at the Limits, despite sometimes being viewed with suspicion by the Church, fascinated Christians during the Middle Ages-as related cults, multiple retellings, and contemporary translations attest. Their protagonists span the entire spectrum of Byzantine society, including foreigners, soldiers, ascetics, lustful women, beggars, and the sons and daughters of rulers. They travel to exotic lands, perform outlandish miracles, suffer extraordinary violence, reject family ties, save cities, destroy absolute rulers, and discover the divine. Some saints, like Markos the Athenian, are forgotten nowadays; others, like Saint George the Great Martyr, still command a wide appeal. Each, however, negotiates the limits of Byzantine imagination: the borders that separate the powerful from the outcasts, the real from the imaginary, the human from the beyond human. These stories, edited in Greek and translated into English here for the first time, continue to resonate with readers seeking to understand universal human fears and desires in their Byzantine guise. The legends collected in Saints at the Limits, despite sometimes being viewed with suspicion by the Church, fascinated Christians during the Middle Agesas cults and retellings attest. These Byzantine Greek stories, translated into English here for the first time, continue to resonate with readers seeking to understand universal fears and desires. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Condizione: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 10-15 pages highlighting. Otherwise perfect.

Binding sound, text unmarked. Condizione: Fine. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. No ownership marks. Size: xv, 347pp. No ownership marks.

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Binding sound, text unmarked. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. As new. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. No ownership marks. Size: xxvi, 318pp. No ownership marks.

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Condizione: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.…

paperback. Condizione: Good. Reprint. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

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1st edition. 8vo. xlvi + 353pp. In original cloth and beige d/w. lettered in white and black. Very good. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library 78. ISBN 9780674290792 US$22.

1st edition. 8vo. xxvi + 318pp. In original cloth and beige d/w. lettered in white and black. Very good. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library 45. ISBN 9780674975064 US$22.

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PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: fine. First edition. First printing. Fine, fresh copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 318 pp with bibliography and index. Created in the tenth century, most likely as an imperial commission, teh Menologion is a collection of saints' lives intended to be read at services for christian feast days. Yet Symeon Metaphrases' stories also abound in transgression and violence, punishment and redemption, love and miracles. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 353 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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