Classics in Hagiography

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Classics in Hagiography is written by Carlota Miranda Urbano and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1036453502 (ISBN 10) and 9781036453503 (ISBN 13).

Bursting into the Greco-Roman “classical” world, Christian hagiography was a series of continuities, ruptures, and metamorphoses that integrated a new worldview into all facets of human life. As new heroes, the martyrs and saints—the protagonists of hagiography—went on to constitute religious, moral, and even political paradigms with a high identity value for Christian communities, shaping Christianity from its origins to the present day. But to what extent was the heritage of the classics decisive in building the hagiographic profile of these new heroes? In this volume, each author explores this question through various case studies, showing how hagiographic texts—whether examined from philological, historical, sociological, political, theological, or iconographic perspectives—always benefit from engaging with the rich and enduring classical tradition.