BOOKS - MILITARY HISTORY - Military Saints in Byzantium and Rus, 900-1200
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Military Saints in Byzantium and Rus, 900-1200
Author: Monica White
Year: 2013
Number of pages: 269
Format: PDF
File size: 3,9 MB
Language: ENG
Year: 2013
Number of pages: 269
Format: PDF
File size: 3,9 MB
Language: ENG
The rulers of the Byzantine Empire and its commonwealth were protected both by their own soldiers and by a heavenly army: the military saints. The transformation of Saints George, Demetrios, Theodore and others into the patrons of imperial armies was one of the defining developments of religious life under the Macedonian emperors.
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