Mark Roosien: Ritual and Earthquakes in Constantinople. Liturgy, Ecology, and Empire (reviewed by Michael Whitby)

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Document type
Review (monograph)
Journal
Plekos. Elektronische Zeitschrift für Rezensionen und Berichte zur Erforschung der Spätantike
Pages
155-164
Author (Review)
Language(s) (review)
English
Language(s) (reviewed text)
English
Authors
Title
Ritual and Earthquakes in Constantinople
Subtitle
Liturgy, Ecology, and Empire
Year of publication
2024
Place of publication
Cambridge
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
XI, 204
ISBN
978-1-00-942728-9
Subject classification
Byzantine Studies
Time classification
1st - 5th century AD, 6th - 12th century
Regional classification
South Eastern Europe, Byzantine Empire / ancient
Subject heading
Geschichte 300-1000
Konstantinopel
Erdbeben
Heiligenverehrung
Liturgie
Religion
Symeon, der Stylit der Jüngere, Heiliger
Original source URL
https://www.plekos.uni-muenchen.de/2025/r-roosien.pdf
recensio-Date
Apr 09, 2026
recensio-ID
bec81fdb4a4e43988c009d875fc020aa

Whitby, Michael: review of: Mark Roosien, Ritual and Earthquakes in Constantinople. Liturgy, Ecology, and Empire, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024, in: Plekos. Elektronische Zeitschrift für Rezensionen und Berichte zur Erforschung der Spätantike, 27 (2025), p. 155-164

URL
https://www.propylaeum.de/recensio-antiquitatis/rezensionen/zeitschriften/plekos/27-2025/ritual-and-earthquakes-in-constantinople-1
First published
https://www.plekos.uni-muenchen.de/2025/r-roosien.pdf

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