1st Edition
Divine Heiress The Virgin Mary and the Making of Christian Constantinople
By Vasiliki Limberis
Copyright 1994
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
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Divine Heiress explores the vital role of the Virgin Mary in the cultural and religious life of Constantinople in late antiquity. It shows how she was transformed from a humble Jewish maiden into a divine figure and supernatural protector of Constantinople. Vasiliki Limberis examines the cult of Mary in the context of the religious culture of the Mediterranean world and the imperial Christianity... Read more
Part I Mary’s introduction to the new empire 1 Greco-Roman civic religion versus “The Kingdom of God on Earth” 2 The Theodosians and paganism 3 Theodosius, Pulcheria, and the civic ceremonies 4 Imperial cult, panegyric, and the Theotokos Part II Mary’s inheritance 5 The hierarchs’ Mary 6 Byzantium’s bequest to the Theotokos, Conclusion
Biography
Vasiliki Limberis
