Symeon Stylites the Younger and Late Antique Antioch

By Lucy Parker

Release : 2022-06-23

Genre : World History, Books, History

Kind : ebook

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A study of the authority of the holy man and its limits in times of crisis, taking as its central figure Symeon Stylites the Younger (c.521-592), who, from his vantage point on a column on a mountain close to Antioch, witnessed a period of exceptional turbulence in the sixth century, including plague, earthquakes, and Persian invasion.

Symeon Stylites the Younger and Late Antique Antioch

By Lucy Parker

Release : 2022-06-23

Genre : World History, Books, History

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
A study of the authority of the holy man and its limits in times of crisis, taking as its central figure Symeon Stylites the Younger (c.521-592), who, from his vantage point on a column on a mountain close to Antioch, witnessed a period of exceptional turbulence in the sixth century, including plague, earthquakes, and Persian invasion.

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