Title: St. Demetrius of Thessalonica : cult and devotion in the Middle Ages /
Authors: Russell, Eugenia, 1976-
Publisher: Peter Lang,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Demetrius,; Church history; Thessalonikē (Greece) Church history.; Thessalonikē (Greece) History.
Contents: Introduction: cult and devotion in the city of Demetrius -- Intertextuality in the Encomia -- Convention and originality: the athlete of Christ -- Internal literary evidence for the festival of the saint -- Signs of the times: responses to contemporary life.