Saints at the Limits
Harvard University Press, 2023. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Fine, fresh copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 353 pp with bibliography and index. The legends collected here, despite sometimes being viewed with suspicion by the Church, fascinated Christians during the Middle Ages---as related cults, multiple retellings, and contemporary translations attest. Their protagonists span the entire spectrum of Byzantine socierty, including foreigners, soldiers, beggars, ascetics, lustful women, and the sons and daughters of rulers. They travel to exotic lands, perform outlandish miracles, suffer extraordinary violence, destroy rulers, and discover the divine. Fine / fine. Item #E31776
ISBN: 9780674290792
Price: $29.95