ROMAIA Thraco-Dacian and Byzantine Romanity of Eastern Europe and Asia Minor MEDIEVALIA Vol. XI, 2012 Papers presented at the 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA May 1013, 2012 The Romanian Institute of Orthodox Theology and Spirituality New York, 2012 Editorial Board General Editor: Theodor Damian,
[email protected] Editor-in-Chief: George Lăzăroiu Members: Gale Bellas, Nicholas Groves INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL BOARD: John A. McGuckin, Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary, New York Oskar Gruenwald, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, California Heinz-Uwe Haus, University of Delaware, Newark Louis Tietje, Metropolitan College of New York Nina Tucci, University of Houston, Texas Paul LaChance, College of St. Elisabeth, New Jersey Ioan N. Rosca, Spiru Haret University, Bucharest Gloria Possart, University of Applied Sciences, Berlin. Donations toward the cost of printing and mailing are welcome and tax- deductible, payable by check or money order to the Romanian Institute of Orthodox Theology and Spirituality, sent to the General Editor, Theodor Damian, 30-18 50th Street, Woodside, New York, 11377,
[email protected]. Correspondence concerning Romanian Medievalia should be also directed to the General Editor. ISSN: 1539-5820 ISBN: 978-1-888067-38-5 COTETS 5 Theodor Damian Poetry as Witness. Gregory of azianzus’s Three Special Vocations: Theology, Mysticism, Poetry 15 icholas Groves Gregory of Nazianzus and Thomas Merton: Lives of Contemplation and Action 65 George Lăzăroiu The Language of Gender in the Byzantine World 69 Sofia Bratu The Construction of Identity: From the Heraldic Signs to the Advertising Signs 73 Ramona Mihăilă Medieval Women in Romanian Historical Fiction 83 Alice Isabella Sullivan Ecclesiastical Art and Architecture at the Crossroads: The Three Hierarchs Church in Iaşi 103 Heinz-Uwe Haus Does Wisdom Accompany Suffering? Pain, Frenzy and Their Treatment in Ancient Greek Drama and Performance.