The concept of the elect nation in Byzantium /

"In The Concept of the Elect Nation in Byzantium, Shay Eshel shows how the Old Testament model of the ancient Israelites was a prominent factor in the evolution of Roman-Byzantine national awareness between the 7th and 13th centuries. The Byzantines' interpretation of the 7th century epic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eshel, Shay (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
Colección:Medieval Mediterranean Ser.
Temas:
600-1500
Election (Theology)
Élection (Théologie)
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Church history > Middle Ages
Election (Theology) > History of doctrines
Jews > Election, Doctrine of > History of doctrines
Byzantine Empire > History.
Byzantine Empire > Church history.
Empire byzantin > Histoire.
Byzantine Empire
Europe > Macedonia
History
Church history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The elect nation concept as part of the Byzantine response to the calamities of the seventh century
  • The institutional adoption and use of the elect nation concept from Heraklios to Leo III
  • The elect nation concept as an identity element of the embattled Byzantine society, seventh-ninth centuries
  • The effect of the iconoclast controversy upon the Byzantine elect nation concept
  • The Macedonian dynasty and the expanding empire, ninth-tenth centuries
  • Two concepts of election, influence and competition : Byzantium and the Franks during the Crusades
  • Summary and conclusions.

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