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Adventus Ceremony
Akathistos Hymn
Author_Vasiliki Limberis
Byzantine religious history
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ceremonies
Christian Constantinople
Christian Roman Emperors
Chronicon Paschale
civic
Civic Ceremonies
Civic Religion
Constantine's Efforts
Divine Heiress
early Christian Constantinople society
Emperor Cult
Empress Pulcheria
Encomiastic Poetry
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Greco-Roman goddess syncretism
Gregory Nazianzus
Grosdidier De Matons
imperial
Imperial Images
Imperial Panegyric
imperial ritual analysis
john
late antiquity Christianity
Marian cult studies
mary
maximus
Mediterranean religious transformation
Orphic Hymn
panegyric
pontifex
Pontifex Maximus
Porphyry Column
Prefect's Duty
religion
Roman Civic Religion
Severan Dynasty
Sol Invictus
Sun Day
Theodosius II
virgin
Product details
- ISBN 9780415096775
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 1994
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 of the Roman Empire. The author looks at all the evidence for the cult but pays particular attention to the early hymns to the virgin. These hymns preserved the strong indigenous goddess traditions of Demeter/Persephone, Isis, Hecate and Athena. By studying them the author places the cult of Mary in its historical and cultural context.
