MIDDLE BYZANTINE PERCEPTIONS OF ALIENS AND OTHERS AS REFLECTED IN THE VITA OF ST. ANDREW OF CONSTANTINOPLE
MIDDLE BYZANTINE PERCEPTIONS OF ALIENS AND OTHERS AS REFLECTED IN THE VITA OF ST. ANDREW OF CONSTANTINOPLE

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines Byzantine views on different types of social and religious outcasts – holy fools, imaginary Ethiopians (blacks), heretics, infidels (Jews and Muslims), women – and the attitudes of the Byzantines towards the others. Analysis is focused on the holy foolishness for the Christ’s sake as cultural, religious, social, and literary phenomenon. The study traces the changes in Byzantine hagiography and mindset, which were provoked by the shifting of imperial borders after the Arab conquests

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