Monks and Laymen in Byzantium, 843-1118

by Rosemary Morris

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521319501
• ISBN13: 9780521319508
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"