Holy Fools: A Religious Phenomenon of Extreme Behaviour
Monks in Byzantine times (330-1453 AD) often expressed their faith with extreme manifestations of behaviour, such as living on a high column (stylites), on a tree (dendrites) or in crowded urban centres of the empire pretending to be fools for Christ's sake. These Holy Fools exposed themselves...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[2014]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 2014, Volume: 53, Issue: 1, Pages: 95-104 |
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Byzantine Monasticism
B Holy Fool B Symeon of Emesa B Yurodivy B Andreas of Constantinople |
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