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St George: A Saint for All
Samantha Riches
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Description for St George: A Saint for All
Hardback. St George: A Saint for All is a compelling account of the myth of St George, one of the most significant mythic figures in Christian culture, as well as many other religions world-wide. The book describes St George's lively and diverse following today, and shows how the saint has inspired artists, poets and painters. Num Pages: 144 pages, 30. BIC Classification: HRCC1; JFHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 346.
The image of St George - the mounted, medieval knight slaying a dragon - seems so familiar to us all that it is tempting to assume this figure is easily understood. He is, in fact, one of the most significant and complex mythic figures in Christian culture, and has played an important role in Eastern Orthodox, Coptic and western European traditions over many centuries. Today St George continues to have a lively and diverse following: his various appearances can be found across many world religions, including Islam, Hinduism, Judaism and the African-Brazilian belief system Candomble. St George's identification with nature, ... Read more
The image of St George - the mounted, medieval knight slaying a dragon - seems so familiar to us all that it is tempting to assume this figure is easily understood. He is, in fact, one of the most significant and complex mythic figures in Christian culture, and has played an important role in Eastern Orthodox, Coptic and western European traditions over many centuries. Today St George continues to have a lively and diverse following: his various appearances can be found across many world religions, including Islam, Hinduism, Judaism and the African-Brazilian belief system Candomble. St George's identification with nature, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
350g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780234489
SKU
V9781780234489
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About Samantha Riches
Samantha Riches is a cultural historian based at Lancaster University. She is the author of Gender and Holiness: Men, Women, ans Saints in Late Medieval Europe (2011) and St George: Hero, Martyr and Myth (2005).
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