Dreams, Memory and Imagination in Byzantium
- ISBN-10
- 9004375716
- ISBN-13
- 9789004375710
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 364
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-08-23
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Authors
- Bronwen Neil, Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides
Description
This collection of studies on Dreams, Memory and Imagination in Byzantium reveals the distinctive and important roles of memory, imagination and dreams in the Byzantine court, the proto-Orthodox church and broader society from Constantinople to Syria and beyond
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