Holiness and Power: Constantinopolitan Holy Men and Authority in the 5th Century

Rafal Kosinski

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2016

Holiness and Power

Constantinopolitan Holy Men and Authority in the 5th Century

Rafal Kosinski

Volume 57 in the series Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110419221

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About this book

The book examines the origins, development, and the role of the monastic movement in the capital of Byzantium. It was in the 5th century that a certain pattern of the functioning of monastic circles evolved within the specific framework of the ecclesiastical structures of Constantinople, which was a political and ecclesiastical centre of the Eastern Roman Empire. The bulk of the book is devoted to an analysis of the written accounts of the lives of the four Constantinopolitan holy men: Hypatios, Alexander Akoimetos, Daniel the Stylite, and Markellos Akoimetos. The analysis proves that the model of relationship between the holy man and the secular authority would change less than the one between the holy man and the ecclesiastical authority. The authors often cast the holy man in the role of "father", who was a kind of patron to the Emperor and his apparatus of government. On the other hand, one can observe a gradual change of the model of the relationship between the holy man and the ecclesiastical authorities from the initial opposition to a fully harmonious partnership. All the "Lives" focus on the idea of the third kind of authority existing alongside the two others; this type of authority is called religious and charismatic.

Author / Editor information

Rafał Kosiński, University of Białystok, Poland.

Reviews

"The author brings forward with remarkable ease of style the analysis of four Saints’ Lives directly linked to the evolution of Constantinopolitan monasticism in the 5th cent."
Ioan Gabriel Alexandru in: Analecta Bollandiana, 135 (2017), pp. 429-431

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	i
Contents Open Access Download PDF	vii
List of Abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	xi
Maps Open Access Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	1
The Holy Man in Late Antiquity Open Access Download PDF	6
Part I: Life of Hypatios
1. Characteristics of the Source Open Access Download PDF	23
2. Analysis Open Access Download PDF	41
Part II: Life of Alexander Akoimetos
1. Characteristics of the Source Open Access Download PDF	87
2. Analysis Open Access Download PDF	101
Digression: Messalian Tendencies in the VH and VAl Open Access Download PDF	109
Part III: Life of Daniel the Stylite
1. Characteristics of the Source Open Access Download PDF	119
2. Analysis Open Access Download PDF	129
Part IV: Life of Markellos Akoimetos
1. Characteristics of the Source Open Access Download PDF	211
2. Analysis Open Access Download PDF	221
Part V: The Hagiographical Ideal of the Relationship between the Holy Man and Authority and the Historical Basis for Such Relations
1. Secular Authority Open Access Download PDF	233
2. Church Authority Open Access Download PDF	240
3. Charismatic Authority Open Access Download PDF	243
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	245
Index of People Open Access Download PDF	267
Index of Places Open Access Download PDF	272

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars and students in Late Roman History, Byzantine History, and Church History.
Pages
- Front matter: 14
- Main content: 270
Illustrations
- Other: 2 Kte.
Keywords: Constantinopolitan holy man; Early Byzantine hagiography; Late Antique Constantinople; Early Constantinopolitan monasticism

eBook

Published: January 15, 2016
ISBN: 9783110419221

Hardcover

Published: January 15, 2016
ISBN: 9783110417074