Female Monastic Networks in Late Byzantium

Textual, Spatial, and Cultural Entanglements

Ekaterini Mitsiou (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2025 | New edition
ARC Humanities Press (Verlag)
978-1-64189-065-6 (ISBN)

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This book offers the first analysis of female monasticism across the last three centuries of the Byzantine empire using Social Network Analysis (SNA). The present study analyzes and reconstructs the networks of Byzantine female monasteries as well as the geographical and spatial dimensions of monastic life, art, and literary production. Moreover, it reconstructs and represents the networks of specific female monastic individuals, female involvement in ecclesiastical controversies, and the complexity of patronage.

Ekaterini Mitsiou (Vienna) is an expert on the monasticism and economic life of Byzantium. Her recent publications include three volumes of proceedings as well as articles on Latin and Byzantine monasteries in Constantinople, female monasticism and Byzantine economic history.

List of Illustrations

Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Guide for the Reader

Introduction

Chapter 1. (Female) Monasticism: An Outline

Chapter 2. Female Monasteries in Late Byzantium: Foundation, Organization, and Networks

Chapter 3. Economic Networks of Female Monasteries

Chapter 4. Female Monastic Networks of Art and Knowledge

Chapter 5. Female Monasticism and the Church

Conclusions

Appendix 1. Lists of Nuns

Appendix 2. List of Nunneries

Bibliography

Index of Places

Index of Persons

Erscheinungsdatum	05.11.2025
Reihe/Serie	Spirituality and Monasticism, East and West
Zusatzinfo	6 Maps; 5 Tables, black and white; 5 Illustrations, color; 4 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	1-64189-065-7 / 1641890657
ISBN-13	978-1-64189-065-6 / 9781641890656
Zustand	Neuware