TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - Military saints in Byzantium and Rus, 900-1200 A1 - White, Monica, 1976- kirjoittaja LA - eng PP - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press YR - 2013 UL - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.3099925 AB - "The rulers of the Byzantine Empire and its commonwealth were protected both by their own soldiers and by a heavenly army: the military saints. The transformation of Saints George, Demetrios, Theodore and others into the patrons of imperial armies was one of the defining developments of religious life under the Macedonian emperors. This book provides a comprehensive study of military sainthood and its roots in late antiquity. The emergence of the cults is situated within a broader social context, in which mortal soldiers were equated with martyrs and martyrs of the early Church recruited to protect them on the battlefield. Dr White then traces the fate of these saints in early Rus, drawing on unpublished manuscripts and other under-utilised sources to discuss their veneration within the princely clan and their influence on the first native saints of Rus, Boris and Gleb, who eventually joined the ranks of their ancient counterparts"-- SN - 978-0-521-19564-5 sidottu KW - Byzantine Empire. : Stratos. KW - Christian martyrs : Cult : Byzantine Empire. KW - Christian patron saints : Cult : Byzantine Empire. KW - War : Religious aspects : Christianity : History of doctrines : Middle Ages, 600-1500. KW - dogmit KW - keskiaika KW - kirkkohistoria KW - kristinusko KW - marttyyrit KW - pyhimykset ja pyhät KW - sotilaat KW - Byzantine Empire. : Church history. KW - Byzantine Empire. : History, Military. : 1081-1453. KW - Bysantti KW - Kiovan ruhtinaskunta ER -