The monks and monasteries of constantinople, CA.350-850
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The monks and monasteries of constantinople, CA.350-850
Cambridge University Press, 2007
- : hard
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Bibliography: p. 493-538
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Between 350 and 850 Constantinople emerged as both the greatest city of the Mediterranean world and a monastic centre of unparalleled importance. Drawing upon a wide range of sources, including a rich body of hagiographical evidence, this study documents the historical relationship between the city and its monks during this crucial formative period. Monks and nuns played a key role from the beginning. In 350 their numbers were few, yet their impact on local politics and the church was significant. By 850 their presence was felt everywhere - from the world of the imperial court and church, to the local economy, elite culture, social services and popular piety. This dramatic rise in the influence of local monasticism was the result of its impressive numerical growth over time, and hard-won success in adapting the singular call of the monastic life to the challenges of the great medieval metropolis and imperial capital.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. Poverty, Politics and Patronage (ca. 300-565): 1. Developing trends in early Byzantine monasticism, ca. 300-565
- 2. The founding generations of monks in Constantinople, ca. 350-430
- 3. Conflict and confidence, ca. 430-518
- 4. Compromise and its rewards in the age of Justinian and Theodora, 518-565
- Part II. Stability and Loss (565-ca. 730): 5. Useful partners in the late antique city, 565-ca. 610
- 6. Lost in adversity, ca. 610- 730
- Part III. Noble Monks and New Causes (ca. 730-850): 7. The monastic social context: numbers, families, friendship and fraternities
- 8. The great expansion of monastic institutions
- 9. Monks in the world
- 10. Monks and culture
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1. A master list of the monasteries of Constantinople (ca. 350-850)
- Appendix 2. A catalogue of iconodule bishops and metropolitans (815-843)
- Appendix 3. A catalogue of iconodule abbots, abbesses and important monks and nuns (815-843)
- Appendix 4. A select list of monastic authors working in Constantinople (ca. 730-850)
- Appendix 5. Maps.
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