The Image of the Demon in Byzantium

Philosophical and Mythological Origins

Gerasim Petrinski, Georgi Kapriev

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ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
11 March 2024

Philosophy; Satanism & demonology; History of ideas

The image of the medieval and Renaissance demon attracts the interest of historians, philosophers, anthropologists, and many other scholars because of its huge impact on significant social and political phenomena and because of its relation to many philosophical and intellectual movements. Nevertheless, such researches are focused predominantly on the Western evil spirit. Its Byzantine 'colleague', on the other hand, has been somehow neglected, even though Byzantinology is at least a century-old field of research.

This book attempts to shed light on a subject which has not been previously in the focus of such exhaustive research. The image of the demon will be presented in a very different and much more obscure epoque, for which the main sources are numerous, but not so well-known. The so-called Byzantine 'Dark centuries' are marked by political and social instability and theological crises. Nevertheless, during these troubled centuries one literary genre flourished. The Lives of the Saints, unlike the works of the 10th century humanists and encyclopedists, do not shine with the archaic light of the Hermogenean style or with the well-built reasoning of Procopius; they are vivid reflections of the real life, of the beliefs and the superstitions of ordinary people. The Evil and the demons are constantly present in this world and they deserve their own history and 'archaeology.'

By: Gerasim Petrinski
Preface by: Georgi Kapriev
Imprint: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 21mm, Width: 15mm,
ISBN: 9783838217857
ISBN 10: 3838217853
Pages: 510
Publication Date: 11 March 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Dr Gerasim Petrinski studied Classical philology at Sofia University ""St. Kliment Ohridski"" and History in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Since 2016, he is ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AND RHETORIC AND HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF RHETORIC at the SOFIA UNIVERSITY ""ST. KLIMENT OHRIDSKI"". Petrinski is a member and vice-president of the Bulgarian association of Rhetoric and member of The Association for the Development of the University Classical Education (ADUCE). His previous books include THE RHETORIC IN THE LATE ANTIQUITY AND IN BYZANTIUM (Sofia UP, 2014) and THE BRIDE-SHOWS IN THE BYZANTINE COURT (Polygraph-Jug, 2015). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, ARCHIV FUR MITTELALTERLICHE PHILOSOPHIE UND CULTUR, JOURNAL OF IMAGINATION (İMGELEM), RHETORIC AND COMMUNICATIONS."

Reviews for The Image of the Demon in Byzantium: Philosophical and Mythological Origins

The combination of precision, accuracy, and stylistic elegance makes this this serious and erudite book both profound and pleasant reading.--Tzotcho Boiadjiev, Professor of Philosophy, University of Sofia