Monastic economies in late antique Egypt and Palestine / edited by Louise Blanke, Jennifer Cromwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Monastic Economies in Egypt and Palestine, 5th-10th centuries CE (Conference) (2016 : Oxford, England), author.

Contributor:

Blanke, Louise, editor.

Cromwell, Jennifer, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monastic and religious life--Egypt--History--Early church, ca. 30-600--Congresses.

Monastic and religious life.

Monastic and religious life--Palestine--History--Early church, ca. 30-600--Congresses.

Monastic and religious life--Egypt--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Congresses.

Monastic and religious life--Palestine--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Congresses.

Monastic and religious life--Egypt--Economic aspects--Congresses.

Monastic and religious life--Palestine--Economic aspects--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 396 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

This book situates discussions of Christian monasticism in Egypt and Palestine within the socio-economic world of the long Late Antiquity, from the golden age of monasticism into and well beyond the Arab conquest (fifth to tenth century). Its thirteen chapters present new research into the rich corpus of textual sources and archaeological remains and move beyond traditional studies that have treated monastic communities as religious entities in physical seclusion from society. The volume brings together scholars working across traditional boundaries of subject and geography and explores a diverse range of topics from the production of food and wine to networks of scribes, patronage, and monastic visitation. As such, it paints a vivid picture of busy monastic lives dependent on and led in tandem with the non-monastic world.

Contents:

Monastic Estates in Transition from Byzantine to Islamic Egypt: Evidence from Aphrodito / Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello

It's a Dung Job: Exploring Fuel Disc Production in Egyptian Monasteries / Mennat-Allah El Dorry

The Monastic Landscape of Mount Nebo: An Economic Pattern in the Province of Arabia / Davide Bianchi.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Apr 2023).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781009278959 (ebook)

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