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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. ** Review "Morris has produced a study that is impressive in its scholarship, and argumentation, and in the flow of its presentation." Steven Fanning, The Historian "Morris has produced a study that is impressive in its scholarship and argumentation and in the flow of its presentation." Steven Fanning, The Historian "This book is a pioneering work on the life of the monk in the middle Byzantine period." Charles A. Frazee, American Historical Review "...an impressive range of source materials....should be of vital interest to anyone studying the history of monasticism." Religious Studies Review Book Description In Byzantium monks did not form a separate caste, apart

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Author

Rosemary Morris

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521265584

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, Philosophy, History