Miracle Tales from Byzantium

Miracle Tales from Byzantium
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 473
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ISBN-10 : 9780674059030
ISBN-13 : 0674059034
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Download or read book Miracle Tales from Byzantium written by and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miracles occupied a unique place in medieval and Byzantine life and thought. This volume makes available three collections of miracle tales never before translated into English. They deepen our understanding of attitudes toward miracles and display the remarkable range of registers in which Greek could be written during the Byzantine period.


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