St. Demetrius of Thessalonica
Subtitle: cult and devotion in the Middle Ages
By: Eugenia Russell.
Series: Byzantine and Neohellenic studies -- vol 6
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9783034301817
Subjects: Demetrius, -- Saint, -- 4th cent; Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Thessalonikē (Greece) -- Church history; Thessalonikē (Greece) -- History
Other titles: Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: cult and devotion in the city of Demetrius; title: Intertextuality in the Encomia; title: Convention and originality: the athlete of Christ; title: Internal literary evidence for the festival of the saint; title: Signs of the times: responses to contemporary life.