Claudia Rapp
Biographic Data
| ID | 3962756 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claudia Rapp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claudia |
| FAMILY NAME | Rapp |
| SIGNATURE | RAPP C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9606-6888 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Microstructures and Mobility in the Byzantine World
Religion as Distant Presence
Mobility and migration in Byzantium
This article underlines the importance of approaching written sources for what they are: authorial constructs. This is true also for depictions of mobility and migration. Byzantine authors instrumentalized these for their own purposes beyond the event at hand. Authorial focus, along with the requirements of the chosen literary genre, is also the reason for the different scales of actors that appear in these texts, whether large blurry masses of n…
Introduction Mobility and migration in the early medieval Mediterranean
Historians have long acknowledged that mobility is a structuring feature of all societies, quite independent of large-scale migrations. In recent decades, increased attention to global and transcultural history has resulted in a greater interest in the history of networks and entanglements that hold regions and people together, whether across large distances or on a smaller scale. It is the mobility of people, objects, texts and ideas that forms …
Christian Piety in Late Antiquity
What is the most virtuous form of Christian life and the best path to perfection? And what is the best form of social organization and context to achieve this? This chapter addresses these questions by bringing together three different sets of sources for Egypt and Palestine in the fourth to seventh centuries: normative monastic treatises on the desirable and undesirable ways to achieve spiritual perfection, hagiographical narratives that praise …
Agathias von Myrina
Das zwischen 565 und 582 entstandene Geschichtswerk überliefert in fünf Büchern die Goten- und Perserkriege des Kaisers Iustinianos I. (527–565) der Jahre 552 bis 559. In einem längeren Prolog stellt sich der Autor persönlich vor und verweist auf seine vorangegangene poetische Schriftstellertätigkeit. Erst nach dem Tod des Kaisers habe er mit seiner Fortsetzung des Geschichtswerks des Prokopios von Kaisareia begonnen, mit dem Ziel, der Nachwelt d…
Monastic Jargon and Citizenship Language in Late Antiquity
This article pursues the changing significance associated with the ancient Greek city state ( polis ) in language used among Greek Christian authors of the fourth to sixth centuries CE. In classical Greek writing, the language of the polis and related terms ( politeia, politeuma ) play an important role in articulations of the societal contexts for the actions of the individual. Christian authors highlight the communal aspects of belonging to a p…
Saints and Hagiography
Robert Bartlett's book is devoted to one question that, at first glance, is deceptively simple: Why Can the Dead do Such Great Things? The question, it turns out, requires an extensive answer in the course of just under 800 pages. They are supported by forty-four pages of bibliography of primary sources, which are quoted with preference in the relatively minimal footnotes (something the general readership will note with gratitude), and fifty-five…
Courtly cultures
The City in the Classical and Post-Classical World
This volume examines the evolving role of the city and citizenship from classical Athens through fifth-century Rome and medieval Byzantium. Beginning in the first century CE, the universal claims of Hellenistic and Roman imperialism began to be challenged by the growing role of Christianity in shaping the primary allegiances and identities of citizens. An international team of scholars considers the extent of urban transformation, and with it, of…
City in the Classical and Post-Classical World
Polis–Imperium–Oikoumenē
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Spiritual Guarantors At Penance, Baptism, And Ordination In The Late Antique East
Penance in the late antique East and early Byzantium has many ramifications with respect to the concept of sinful deeds. This chapter focuses on one particular conception of penance and its ramifications: the idea of a personal relationship to God that is severed through sinful deeds but can be renewed with the assistance of others. The examples presented in the chapter are part of a larger Christian understanding of penance as an individual proc…
Saints and holy men
This chapter shows that many acts of veneration shown to saints after their death had their origin in the connections of the faithful to living holy men. The Christian notion of personal sanctity can be understood from its cultural context. The idea that certain individuals held an elevated status among humans because of their connection to the divine was common in ancient culture. In pre-Constantinian times, individual Christians proved their fa…
Desert, City, and Countryside in the Early Christian Imagination
This paper isolates the literary motif of the desert as the idealized locus of monastic retreat and shows the transformation of this concept from pagan to Christian literature. Particular emphasis is placed on the development of the notion of the desert as a state of mind of detachment from and indifference to the world. This allows for the practice of monastic virtues even in a worldly environment, and thus bridges the perceived gap between monk…
Peace and War in Byzantium
Mobility and migration in Byzantium
This article underlines the importance of approaching written sources for what they are: authorial constructs. This is true also for depictions of mobility and migration. Byzantine authors instrumentalized these for their own purposes beyond the event at hand. Authorial focus, along with the requirements of the chosen literary genre, is also the reason for the different scales of actors that appear in these texts, whether large blurry masses of n…
Peace and War in Byzantium
Desert, City, and Countryside in the Early Christian Imagination
This paper isolates the literary motif of the desert as the idealized locus of monastic retreat and shows the transformation of this concept from pagan to Christian literature. Particular emphasis is placed on the development of the notion of the desert as a state of mind of detachment from and indifference to the world. This allows for the practice of monastic virtues even in a worldly environment, and thus bridges the perceived gap between monk…
Saints and holy men
This chapter shows that many acts of veneration shown to saints after their death had their origin in the connections of the faithful to living holy men. The Christian notion of personal sanctity can be understood from its cultural context. The idea that certain individuals held an elevated status among humans because of their connection to the divine was common in ancient culture. In pre-Constantinian times, individual Christians proved their fa…
Spiritual Guarantors At Penance, Baptism, And Ordination In The Late Antique East
Penance in the late antique East and early Byzantium has many ramifications with respect to the concept of sinful deeds. This chapter focuses on one particular conception of penance and its ramifications: the idea of a personal relationship to God that is severed through sinful deeds but can be renewed with the assistance of others. The examples presented in the chapter are part of a larger Christian understanding of penance as an individual proc…
The City in the Classical and Post-Classical World
This volume examines the evolving role of the city and citizenship from classical Athens through fifth-century Rome and medieval Byzantium. Beginning in the first century CE, the universal claims of Hellenistic and Roman imperialism began to be challenged by the growing role of Christianity in shaping the primary allegiances and identities of citizens. An international team of scholars considers the extent of urban transformation, and with it, of…
City in the Classical and Post-Classical World
Polis–Imperium–Oikoumenē
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Courtly cultures
Saints and Hagiography
Robert Bartlett's book is devoted to one question that, at first glance, is deceptively simple: Why Can the Dead do Such Great Things? The question, it turns out, requires an extensive answer in the course of just under 800 pages. They are supported by forty-four pages of bibliography of primary sources, which are quoted with preference in the relatively minimal footnotes (something the general readership will note with gratitude), and fifty-five…
Monastic Jargon and Citizenship Language in Late Antiquity
This article pursues the changing significance associated with the ancient Greek city state ( polis ) in language used among Greek Christian authors of the fourth to sixth centuries CE. In classical Greek writing, the language of the polis and related terms ( politeia, politeuma ) play an important role in articulations of the societal contexts for the actions of the individual. Christian authors highlight the communal aspects of belonging to a p…
Agathias von Myrina
Das zwischen 565 und 582 entstandene Geschichtswerk überliefert in fünf Büchern die Goten- und Perserkriege des Kaisers Iustinianos I. (527–565) der Jahre 552 bis 559. In einem längeren Prolog stellt sich der Autor persönlich vor und verweist auf seine vorangegangene poetische Schriftstellertätigkeit. Erst nach dem Tod des Kaisers habe er mit seiner Fortsetzung des Geschichtswerks des Prokopios von Kaisareia begonnen, mit dem Ziel, der Nachwelt d…
Christian Piety in Late Antiquity
What is the most virtuous form of Christian life and the best path to perfection? And what is the best form of social organization and context to achieve this? This chapter addresses these questions by bringing together three different sets of sources for Egypt and Palestine in the fourth to seventh centuries: normative monastic treatises on the desirable and undesirable ways to achieve spiritual perfection, hagiographical narratives that praise …
Religion as Distant Presence
Mobility and migration in Byzantium
This article underlines the importance of approaching written sources for what they are: authorial constructs. This is true also for depictions of mobility and migration. Byzantine authors instrumentalized these for their own purposes beyond the event at hand. Authorial focus, along with the requirements of the chosen literary genre, is also the reason for the different scales of actors that appear in these texts, whether large blurry masses of n…
Introduction Mobility and migration in the early medieval Mediterranean
Historians have long acknowledged that mobility is a structuring feature of all societies, quite independent of large-scale migrations. In recent decades, increased attention to global and transcultural history has resulted in a greater interest in the history of networks and entanglements that hold regions and people together, whether across large distances or on a smaller scale. It is the mobility of people, objects, texts and ideas that forms …
Microstructures and Mobility in the Byzantine World
History (11 works) · Art (10 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (9 works) · Archaeology (7 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works) · Classics (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works)