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12: - Sacred Dimensions: Constantinopolitan Monasticism

from Part III - Urban Experiences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2022

By
Dirk Krausmüller
Edited by
Sarah Bassett
Sarah Bassett
Affiliation:
Indiana University
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Summary

Chapter 12, “Sacred Dimensions: Constantinopolitan Monasticism,” describes the introduction of monastic communities to the city and ensuing developments in these urban monastic institutions. It considers, in particular, the distinctive nature of Constantinopolitan monasticism, debates about the idea of what monastic living should be, and the ever-evolving relationship between the patriarchate and monastic communities in the period between the fourth and the fifteenth centuries.

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monasticismcoenobitismhagiographypatriarchate.
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The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople , pp. 200 - 213
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Hatlie, P., The Monks and Monasteries of Constantinople, ca. 350–850 (Cambridge, 2007).Google Scholar
Talbot, A.-M., Varieties of Monastic Experience in Byzantium, 800–1453 (Notre Dame, 2019).Google Scholar

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