Brother-Making in Late Antiquity and Byzantium: Monks, Laymen, and Christian Ritual
(Part of the Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture Series)
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Among medieval Christian societies, Byzantium is unique in preserving an ecclesiastical ritual of adelphopoiesis, which pronounces two men, not related by birth, as brothers for life. It has its origin as a spiritual blessing in the monastic world of late antiquity, and it becomes a popular social networking strategy among lay people from the ninth century onwards, even finding application in recent times. Located at the intersection of religion and...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0195389336
ISBN13:9780195389333
Release Date:February 2016
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:364 Pages
Weight:1.54 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.3"
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