Liturgy and the Emotions in Byzantium

Compunction and Hymnody

Andrew Mellas

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Cambridge University Press
10 March 2022

European history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Religion & beliefs; Christianity

This book explores the liturgical experience of emotions in Byzantium through the hymns of Romanos the Melodist, Andrew of Crete and Kassia. It reimagines the performance of their hymns during Great Lent and Holy Week in Constantinople. In doing so, it understands compunction as a liturgical emotion, intertwined with paradisal nostalgia, a desire for repentance and a wellspring of tears. For the faithful, liturgical emotions were embodied experiences that were enacted through sacred song and mystagogy. The three hymnographers chosen for this study span a period of nearly four centuries and had an important connection to Constantinople, which forms the topographical and liturgical nexus of the study. Their work also covers three distinct genres of hymnography: kontakion, kanon and sticheron idiomelon. Through these lenses of period, place and genre this study examines the affective performativity hymns and the Byzantine experience of compunction.

By: Andrew Mellas
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 302g
ISBN: 9781108720670
ISBN 10: 1108720676
Pages: 218
Publication Date: 10 March 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The liturgical world of compunction; 3. Romanos the melodist; 4. Andrew of crete; 5. Kassia; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Andrew Mellas is a Lecturer in Byzantine Studies at St Andrew's Theological College and an Honorary Associate of the Medieval and Early Modern Centre at the University of Sydney.

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Liturgy and the Emotions in Byzantium

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Andrew Mellas

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