عنوان

Monks and laymen in Byzantium, 843-1118 /

(Number (ISBN

0521265584

(Number (ISBN

0521319501

(Number (ISBN

9780521265584

(Number (ISBN

9780521319508

Number

b798897

Title Proper

Monks and laymen in Byzantium, 843-1118 /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Rosemary Morris.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1995.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxii, 330 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-313) and index.

Text of Note

1. The resurgence of the monastic life -- 2. Groups, communities and solitaries -- 3. Monastic founders -- 4. Monasticism and society -- 5. Piety, patronage and politics -- 6. Monasteries and the law -- 7. Fortune and misfortune -- 8. Territorial expansion and spiritual compromise -- 9. The challenge to central authority -- 10. The Komnene reaction -- Appendix: Imperial privileges to monasteries, c. 900-1118.

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Text of Note

In Byzantium monks did not form a separate caste, apart from society. They held loyalties not only to their own houses or monastic leaders, but also formed part of a nexus of social, economic and spiritual relationships which bound together the 'powerful' in the middle Byzantine state. Monasticism displayed a highly individualistic streak, unlike the Western religious 'orders'. Using hagiography, chronicles and, in particular, the newly available archives of the Athonite monasteries, this book reassesses the role of monks in Byzantine society and examines the reasons for the flowering of the monastic life in the period from the end of iconoclasm to the beginning of the twelfth century. It is the first study of its kind in English, and is aimed at anyone interested in either the Western or the Byzantine early medieval religious life.

Orthodox Eastern monasticism and religious orders-- Byzantine Empire-- History-- Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Empire byzantin-- Histoire religieuse.

Monachisme et ordres religieux orthodoxes-- Empire byzantin-- Histoire-- 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)

Byzantijnse kerk.

Clergé-- Turquie-- Constantinople.

Église orthodoxe-- Empire byzantin-- Moyen âge.

Laïcat-- Turquie-- Constantinople.

Leken.

Monachisme et ordres religieux orthodoxes-- Empire byzantin-- Moyen âge.

Monniken.

Orthodox Eastern monasticism and religious orders-- Byzantine Empire.

Byzantine Empire, Church history.

Byzantine Empire, Church history.

Byzantine Empire.

Constantinople, Vie religieuse, 10e siècle.

Constantinople, Vie religieuse, 11e siècle.

Empire byzantin, Histoire religieuse.

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Morris, Rosemary.

Date of Transaction

20201207112416.0

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