Observations on the Study of Byzantine Hagiography in the Last Half-Century or Two Looks Back and One Look Forward

Its title indicates a retrospective structure comprising two examinations of earlier scholarship and one prospective consideration of future research.

The abstract provides no specific methodological innovations, empirical results, or detailed scholarly conclusions beyond identifying the lecture’s broad retrospective and forward-looking scope.

The work is a lecture reviewing developments in the study of Byzantine hagiography over approximately the past fifty years.