Description: The main contribution of this book is a sociologically-oriented discourse analysis of a number of proceedings of the Council of Chalcedon (451 AD). The original part of this work is concerned with a study of ritual, both conscious and unconscious; the internalization and exercise of social codes distinctive to Late Antique society, s
Brief description: Dr. Hagit Amirav ist ausserordentliche Professorin fur die Geschichte der Spatantike an der Universitat Amsterdam.