Celibate marriages in late antique and Byzantine hagiography : the lives of Saints Julian and Basilissa, Andronikos and Athanasia, and Galaktion and Episteme /: the lives of Saints Julian and Basilissa, Andronikos and Athanasia, and Galaktion and Episteme. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anne P. Alwis.
• Authors: Alwis, Anne P (Anne Priyani)
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I; Foundations and Interpretation; 1 Recreation and Invention; 2 Representing Celibate Marriages; 3 Implications of a Celibate Marriage; 4 Resolution: Virgin Wives; 5 Literary Ancestors; Part II; The Texts; The Vita of Julian and Basilissa; The Vita of Andronikos and Athanasia; The Vita of Galaktion and Episteme; Appendix: the Afterlife of the VJB; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: London New York, New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (353 pages)
• Subjects: 301.42; Marriage -- Byzantine Empire; Sexual abstinence -- Byzantine Empire; Sexual abstinence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Sex in marriage -- Byzantine Empire; Christian hagiography; Christian saints -- Byzantine Empire; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General; Christian hagiography; Christian saints; Marriage; Sex in marriage; Sexual abstinence; Sexual abstinence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Byzantine Empire; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441127396; 1441127399; 9781472598707; 1472598709
• Related ISBNs: 9781472508294; 9781441115256; 9781441124197
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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