Table of Contents

Introduction
1: The Precursors and Emergence of Holy Foolery
2: Early Holy Foolery
3: The Golden Age of Holy Foolery
4: The Decline of Byzantine Holy Foolery
5: Holy Foolery's Eastern Periphery
6: Holy Foolery's Western Periphery
7: Old Russian Iurodstvo
8: The Iurodivyi and the Tsar
9: Iurodstvo in Transition
10: Iurodstvo Meets Modernity

About the Author

Sergey A. Ivanov is Senior Research Associate, Institute of Slavic and Balkan Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.

Reviews

A rich and fascinating book Averil Cameron, Journal of Ecclesiastical History Ivanov's volume remains indispensible Philip Gorski, Sobornost ...fascinating historical study. Hugh Wybrew, TLS