TY - BOOK ID - 23692919 TI - Death and the afterlife in byzantium : the fate of the soul in theology, liturgy, and art AU - Marinis, Vasileios AU - Cambridge University Press PY - 2017 SN - 9781107139442 9781316488850 9781316505083 1316488853 1107139449 1316825345 1316825582 1316825825 1316826066 1316826783 1316505081 1316823903 PB - Cambridge [etc.] Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Death KW - Death. KW - Future life. KW - Jenseits. KW - Kunst. KW - Liturgie. KW - Orthodoxe Kirche. KW - Theologie. KW - Tod. KW - Byzantine Empire. KW - Byzantinisches Reich. KW - Future life KW - Afterlife KW - Eternal life KW - Life, Future KW - Life after death KW - Eschatology KW - Eternity KW - Immortality KW - Near-death experiences KW - Dying KW - End of life KW - Life KW - Terminal care KW - Terminally ill KW - Thanatology KW - Religious aspects KW - Philosophy KW - Byzantium (Empire) KW - Vizantii︠a︡ KW - Bajo Imperio KW - Bizancjum KW - Byzantinē Autokratoria KW - Vyzantinon Kratos KW - Vyzantinē Autokratoria KW - Impero bizantino KW - Bizantia UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:23692919 AB - For all their reputed and professed preoccupation with the afterlife, the Byzantines had no systematic conception of the fate of the soul between death and the Last Judgement. Death and the Afterlife in Byzantium marries for the first time liturgical, theological, literary, and material evidence to investigate a fundamental question: what did the Byzantines believe happened after death? This interdisciplinary study provides an in-depth analysis and synthesis of hagiography, theological treatises, apocryphal texts and liturgical services, as well as images of the fate of the soul in manuscript and monumental decoration. It also places the imagery of the afterlife, both literary and artistic, within the context of Byzantine culture, spirituality, and soteriology. The book intends to be the definitive study on concepts of the afterlife in Byzantium, and its interdisciplinary structure will appeal to students and specialists from a variety of areas in medieval studies. ER -