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Insanity and sanctity in byzantium

ID 300081
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Description In the Roman and Byzantine Near East, the holy fool emerged in Christianity as a way of describing individuals whose apparent madness allowed them to achieve a higher level of spirituality. Youval Rotman examines how the figure of the mad saint or mystic was used as a means of individual and collective transformation prior to the rise is Islam.
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680 Geschiedenis algemeen NUR
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Publisher Chicago University Press
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Language eng
Page count 244
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Publication date first 2016-09-23
Publication date latest 2016-09-23
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  • ISBN: 9780674057616 (BB)

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