A Tale of Two Saints: The Martyrdoms and Miracles of Saints Theodore 'The Recruit' and 'The General'

by John F. Haldon

Book Overview

Hagiographical writing, including the Lives of saints and martyrs and collections of their miracles, were one of the most popular, perhaps the most popular form of literature accessible to ordinary people in the medieval world. St. Theodore 'the Recruit' was one of the best-known of the so-called 'military saints' or 'soldier saints', particularly in the medieval eastern Roman, or Byzantine, and the eastern Christian world, where churches dedicated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781381666
• ISBN13: 9781781381663
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.2"