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Writing "true stories" : Historians and Hagiographers in the Late Antique and Medieval Near East
The papers in this volume examine the interaction between history and hagiography in the late antique and medieval Middle East, exploring the various ways in which the two genres were used and combined to analyse, interpret, and re-create the past. The contributors focus on the circulation of motifs...
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | Writing "true stories" : Historians and Hagiographers in the Late Antique and Medieval Near East / edited by Arietta Papaconstantinou; in collaboration with Muriel Debié and Hugh Kennedy |
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Turnhout :
Brepols (éditions)
, 2010 |
| Collection : | Cultural encounters in late antiquity and the Middle Ages (Online) ; 9 |
| Accès en ligne : |
Accès Nantes Université
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| Documents associés : | Autre format:
Writing "true stories" |
| Résumé : | The papers in this volume examine the interaction between history and hagiography in the late antique and medieval Middle East, exploring the various ways in which the two genres were used and combined to analyse, interpret, and re-create the past. The contributors focus on the circulation of motifs between the two forms of writing and the modifications and adaptations of the initial story that such reuse entailed. Beyond this purely literary question, the retold stories are shown to have been at the centre of a number of cultural, political, and religious strategies, as they were appropriated by different groups, not least by the nascent Muslim community. Writing True Stories also foregrounds the importance of some Christian hagiographical motifs in Muslim historiography, where they were creatively adapted and subverted to define early Islamic ideals of piety and charisma. |
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| Notes : | Notice rédigée d'après la consultation du 2012-10-29 L'impression du document génère 233 p. Titre provenant de l'écran d'accueil Certains des textes reprennent les contributions présentées à un atelier, lors du 21th International Congress of Byzantine Studies, organisé à Londres en août 2006 |
| Historique des publications : | Numérisation de l'édition de Turnhout : Brepols, 2010 |
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| Bibliographie : | Notes bibliogr. |
| ISBN : | 978-2-503-53724-5 |