La religiosidad popular y el providencialismo histórico en las crónicas bizantinas de los "Siglos Oscuros"

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  1. 1 Universidad de Granada-CEBNCh
Journal:
Estudios neogriegos: Revista científica de la Sociedad Hispánica de Estudios Neogriegos
  1. Martínez Carrasco, Carlos (ed. lit.)

ISSN: 1137-7003

Year of publication: 2021

Issue Title: La religiosidad popular en el mundo griego. De la Antigüedad a la Grecia contemporánea

Issue: 20

Pages: 113-130

Type: Article

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Abstract

The High Middle Ages is a time of fervent religious context, especially noticeable in the so-called universal chronicles, in accordance with the idea that God governs human life. This providential and popular vision of God is that of a Supreme Judge who rewards and punishes man for his actions. God speaks through the events that must be interpreted in a religious key. In this work we will review the works of Theophanes the Confessor and the Patriarch Nicephorus, dwelling on their ideological conceptions and their common points, analyzing especially the popular and providentialist reading of the events that they present to us.