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Record Number:
11198
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Ivanov , Sergey A.
Contributor(s):
Title:
A Saint in a Whore-house [stories of monks who visit prostitutes in order to convert them; the monks pretend to be customers and this provocative behavior relates them to the holy fools whose obscene or insane behavior was intended to shock the complacent].
Source:
Byzantinoslavica 56, 2 ( 1995): Pages 439 - 445.
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Byzantium
Greek Literature
Hagiography
Monks in Literature
Prostitutes in Literature
Sexuality in Literature
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Eastern Mediterranean
Century:
General
Primary Evidence:
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Abstract:
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Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1995.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
00077712