Monastic Economies in Late Antique Egypt and Palestine Monastic Economies in Late Antique Egypt and Palestine

Monastic Economies in Late Antique Egypt and Palestine

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Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2023
April 20
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
695
Pages
PUBLISHER
Cambridge University Press
SELLER
Cambridge University Press
SIZE
39.8
MB