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3 - Monastic Estates in Transition from Byzantine to Islamic Egypt: Evidence from Aphrodito

from I. - The Monastic Estate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2023

By
Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello
Edited by
Louise Blanke  and
Jennifer Cromwell
Louise Blanke
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
Jennifer Cromwell
Affiliation:
Manchester Metropolitan University
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Summary

Various types of monasteries appear in the papyrological documentation, from small, local shrines only mentioned once to influential institutions that are still active today. Based on the unrivalled evidence from Aphrodito, the best documented village of Late Antiquity, this chapter defines in detail the role that monasteries played as landowners in the rural economy. It also traces how their situations evolved over the two centuries around the Islamic conquest, highlighting a multiplicity of scenarios that invites us to nuance our views of their economic power.

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papyrologyAphroditopre- and post-conquest Egyptlandholdings
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Monastic Economies in Late Antique Egypt and Palestine , pp. 76 - 98
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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