| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 396 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Contents |
1. The Monastic Economies in Late Antique Egypt and Palestine: Past, Present, and Future / Louise Blanke and Jennifer Cromwell -- 2. Monastic Estates in Byzantine Arabia and Palaestina (Fourth-Ninth Centuries) / Basema Hamarneh -- 3. Monastic Estates in Transition from Byzantine to Islamic Egypt: Evidence from Aphrodito / Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello -- 4. The Naqlun Fathers and Their Business Affairs: Private Assets and Activities of the Monks in a Semi-Anchoritic Community in the Late Antique Fayum / Tomasz Derda and Joanna Wegner -- 5. Monastic Vintages: The Economic Role of Wine in Egyptian Monasteries in the Sixth to Eighth Centuries / Dorota Dzierzbicka -- 6. Cooking, Baking, and Serving: A Window into the Kitchen of Egyptian Monastic Households and the Archaeology of Cooking / Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom -- 7. The Refectory and the Kitchen in the Early Byzantine Monastery of Tell Bi'a (Syria): The Egyptian and Palestinian Connections / Gábor Kalla -- 8. It's a Dung Job: Exploring Fuel Disc Production in Egyptian Monasteries / Mennat-Allah El Dorry -- 9. Illuminating the Scriptoria: Monastic Book Production at the Medieval Monastery of St Michael / Andrea Myers Achi -- 10. Distinguishing Offerings from Blessings in Early Byzantine Monasticism: The Significance of P.Ness. III 79 (ca. 600 AD) / Daniel F. Caner -- 11. Staple for Body and Soul: Working at and Visiting the Upper Egyptian Monastery Deir Anba Hadra / Lena Sophie Krastel, Sebastian Olschok, and Tonio Sebastian Richter -- 12. The Monastic Landscape of Mount Nebo: An Economic Pattern in the Province of Arabia / Davide Bianchi -- 13. Travel in the Texts: Monastic Journeys in Late Antique Egypt / Paula Tutty |
| 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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Louise Blanke is Lecturer in Late Antique Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. Jennifer Cromwell is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at Manchester Metropolitan University |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Monastic and religious life -- Egypt -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600 -- Congresses
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Monastic and religious life -- Palestine -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600 -- Congresses
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Monastic and religious life -- Egypt -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 -- Congresses
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Monastic and religious life -- Palestine -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 -- Congresses
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Monastic and religious life -- Economic aspects -- Egypt -- Congresses
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Monastic and religious life -- Economic aspects -- Palestine -- Congresses
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Monastic and religious life -- Early church
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Monastic and religious life -- Middle Ages
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Egypt
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Middle East -- Palestine
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Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Blanke, Louise, editor.
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Cromwell, Jennifer, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781009278966 |
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1009278967 |
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9781009278959 |
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1009278959 |
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