Liturgy and the Emotions in Byzantium - Compunction and Hymnody (Paperback, New Ed)

This book explores the liturgical experience of emotions in Byzantium through the hymns of Romanos the Melodist, Andrew of Crete and Kassia. It reimagines the performance of their hymns during Great Lent and Holy Week in Constantinople. In doing so, it understands compunction as a liturgical emotion, intertwined with paradisal nostalgia, a desire for repentance and a wellspring of tears. For the faithful, liturgical emotions were embodied experiences that were enacted through sacred song and mystagogy. The three hymnographers chosen for this study span a period of nearly four centuries and had an important connection to Constantinople, which forms the topographical and liturgical nexus of the study. Their work also covers three distinct genres of hymnography: kontakion, kanon and sticheron idiomelon. Through these lenses of period, place and genre this study examines the affective performativity hymns and the Byzantine experience of compunction.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2022
Authors:	Andrew Mellas
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	218
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-72067-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > General Books > Christianity
LSN:	1-108-72067-6
Barcode:	9781108720670

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