The paradigms of male and female sanctity in byzantine hagiography
The article presents the sampling study of the images of holy men and women in the hagiographical literature of Byzantium (7th – 12th centuries) on the basis of the three types of sanctity (celibate monastic saint, the former spouse in the monastery, lay sanctity). The images of male and female sain...
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| description | The article presents the sampling study of the images of holy men and women in the hagiographical literature of Byzantium (7th – 12th centuries) on the basis of the three types of sanctity (celibate monastic saint, the former spouse in the monastery, lay sanctity). The images of male and female saints had common features. The particular properties of the male and female saints’ images connected with gender stereotypes of Byzantine society had been evaluated. The image of female saint associated with emotionality, female skills, contraposition of female weakness and male virtues. The image of saint laywomen was related with virtues of good wife. The image of male saint was characterized by such virtues as wisdom, literacy, successfulness in the social field. The saint layman often turned away from domestic troubles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-01c7d33eff244dafb3859fe7dddb20a72022-12-21T19:39:05ZdeuUral Federal UniversityАнтичная древность и средние века0320-44722687-03982019-01-014101231323185The paradigms of male and female sanctity in byzantine hagiographyIrina Sergeyevna Okhlupina0Уральский федеральный университет, ЕкатеринбургThe article presents the sampling study of the images of holy men and women in the hagiographical literature of Byzantium (7th – 12th centuries) on the basis of the three types of sanctity (celibate monastic saint, the former spouse in the monastery, lay sanctity). The images of male and female saints had common features. The particular properties of the male and female saints’ images connected with gender stereotypes of Byzantine society had been evaluated. The image of female saint associated with emotionality, female skills, contraposition of female weakness and male virtues. The image of saint laywomen was related with virtues of good wife. The image of male saint was characterized by such virtues as wisdom, literacy, successfulness in the social field. The saint layman often turned away from domestic troubles.https://journals.urfu.ru/index.php/adsv/article/view/4008византия, агиография, гендерные исследования. |
| spellingShingle | Irina Sergeyevna Okhlupina The paradigms of male and female sanctity in byzantine hagiography Античная древность и средние века византия, агиография, гендерные исследования. |
| title | The paradigms of male and female sanctity in byzantine hagiography |
| title_full | The paradigms of male and female sanctity in byzantine hagiography |
| title_fullStr | The paradigms of male and female sanctity in byzantine hagiography |
| title_full_unstemmed | The paradigms of male and female sanctity in byzantine hagiography |
| title_short | The paradigms of male and female sanctity in byzantine hagiography |
| title_sort | paradigms of male and female sanctity in byzantine hagiography |
| topic | византия, агиография, гендерные исследования. |
| url | https://journals.urfu.ru/index.php/adsv/article/view/4008 |
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