For Better or for Worse: Marriage in Byzantine Hagiography in the 8th –12th Centuries
Journal: Izvestia. Ural Federal University Journal. Series 2. Humanities and Arts (Ural Federal University)
Year: 2015

Referring to the women hagiography of the middle Byzantine period, the author considers the peculiarities of relationships between spouses and family conflicts. She analyzes the typical ideas of a Christian marriage, and the role of marriage in the hagiographic context. She demonstrates how the cultural and historical context influences the marriage-related plots in the hagiographic narratives of the epoch. It is established that, according to the authors of hagiographies, happiness or lack ther