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1044527
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b798897
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| Main Entry
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Morris, Rosemary.
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| Title & Author
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Monks and laymen in Byzantium, 843-1118 /\ Rosemary Morris.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1995.
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xxii, 330 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0521265584
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: 0521319501
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: 9780521265584
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: 9780521319508
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-313) and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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.
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Orthodox Eastern monasticism and religious orders-- Byzantine Empire-- History-- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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Empire byzantin-- Histoire religieuse.
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Monachisme et ordres religieux orthodoxes-- Empire byzantin-- Histoire-- 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
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Clergé-- Turquie-- Constantinople.
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Église orthodoxe-- Empire byzantin-- Moyen âge.
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Laïcat-- Turquie-- Constantinople.
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Monachisme et ordres religieux orthodoxes-- Empire byzantin-- Moyen âge.
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Orthodox Eastern monasticism and religious orders-- Byzantine Empire.
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Byzantijnse kerk.
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Leken.
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Monniken.
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Byzantine Empire, Church history.
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Byzantine Empire, Church history.
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Byzantine Empire.
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Constantinople, Vie religieuse, 10e siècle.
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Constantinople, Vie religieuse, 11e siècle.
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Empire byzantin, Histoire religieuse.
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| Dewey Classification
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271/.8
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| LC Classification
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BX385.B9M67 1995
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| NLM classification
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11.53bcl
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