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Monks and Laymen in Byzantium, 843-1118
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Monks and Laymen in Byzantium, 843-1118
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Rosemary Morris
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:356 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 154 |
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| Category/Genre | Asian and Middle Eastern history |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521319508
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| Classifications | Dewey:949.502 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
6 Tables, unspecified; 6 Maps
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
13 November 2003 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
In Byzantium monks did not form a separate caste, apart from society. They formed part of a nexus of social, economic and spiritual relationships that bound together the "powerful" in the middle Byzantine state. 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.
Reviews'... excellent ... there is no comparable book in English about Byzantine monastic life and its importance in the imperial, social and economic fabric of society.' Donald Nicol, Anglo-Hellenic Review
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