03696nam a22005535i 4500 978-3-031-35263-8 DE-He213 20251030113042.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240914s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031352638 978-3-031-35263-8 10.1007/978-3-031-35263-8 doi D111-203 HBJD bicssc HBLC1 bicssc HIS037010 bisacsh NHDJ thema Shawcross, Teresa. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 84270 Wisdom's House, Heaven's Gate [electronic resource] : Athens and Jerusalem in the Middle Ages / by Teresa Shawcross. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XXXV, 479 p. 73 illus., 62 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture, 2730-9371 Chapter 1. Introduction: Reframing the Question of Athens and Jerusalem -- Chapter 2. The Parthenon from Temple to Church -- Chapter 3. A Miracle of Heavenly Fire -- Chapter 4. The Relocation of Jerusalem -- Chapter 5. The Light of Hellenism in Empire and Caliphate -- Chapter 6. Wisdom: Lady of the Temple, Lady of the Red Thread -- Chapter 7. Conclusion: The City on a Hill. Taking as its starting point an investigation into the physical topography and symbolism of the two cities of Athens and Jerusalem, this book offers a cultural history of the rival superpowers—the Byzantine Empire and Fatimid Caliphate—that between them dominated the Mediterranean world during the Central Middle Ages. It shows that the destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on the orders of al-Hakim punctuated a century of heightened interaction resulting from changing patterns of warfare, trade and pilgrimage. Resettlement of both Christians and Muslims from Syria-Palestine in Asia Minor and the Balkans introduced these migrants’ host culture to new forms of religious and artistic expression. In Hellas, a flurry of building projects reinvented Athens as a New Jerusalem and the Parthenon as a New Temple. The Acropolis became famous for its miraculous lamp and elaborate liturgy. The clergy who performed the sacred mysteries justified them with reference to concepts of hierarchy, illumination and divinisation. These concepts were derived from a philosophical tradition over whose ownership the two superpowers competed. The resulting political theology was the creation of male intellectuals, but female patrons and worshippers also had an impact. Europe History 476-1492. 66930 Middle East History. Religion History. 66931 History of Medieval Europe. 66935 History of the Middle East. History of Religion. 66936 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031352621 Printed edition: 9783031352645 Printed edition: 9783031352652 New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture, 2730-9371 84271 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35263-8 ZDB-2-HTY ZDB-2-SXH 63366 63366