Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-456) and index.
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List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Precursors and Emergence; 2 Insane Saints; 3 Lechers and Beggars; 4 Holy Scandal; 5 The 'Second Edition' of Holy Foolery; 6 The 'New Theologians'; 7 Balancing at the Edge; 8 Decline; 9 Old Russian Iurodstvo; 10 The Iurodivyi and the Tsar; 11 Iurodstvo in an Age of Transition; 12 Iurodstvo Meets Modernity; 13 The Eastern Periphery; 14 The Western Periphery; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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The image of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square is a familiar Russian landmark. Yet few people know what made Basil so famous. He was a saint who wandered about naked, bullied passers-by, brawled in the market-place, and once even smashed a revered icon. Saints such as Basil overturn the conventional concept of sainthood - what, we may ask, is saintly about them? This book aims to solve the mystery by exploring the figure of the holy fool in Byzantium and in later Russian. history. - ;There are saints in Orthodox Christian culture who overturn the conventional concept of sainthood. The.
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Holy fools in Byzantium and beyond.
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General Material Designation
Vizantiĭskoe i︠u︡rodstvo.
Language (when part of a heading)
English
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Asceticism-- Orthodox Eastern Church.
Holy fools-- Byzantine Empire.
Asceticism-- Orthodox Eastern Church.
Holy fools.
RELIGION-- Christian Theology-- Angelology & Demonology.