Monasteries, late antique
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23723190 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louise Blanke (0000-0002-5005-9022, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah30525 |
| OpenAlex | W2991374360 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Textual sources and archaeological remains document a plethora of monasteries throughout the Late Antique Mediterranean world. Until recently, literary sources, such as hagiographies, served as the primary evidence for the monastic movement, resulting in scholars seeing the eremitic, semi‐eremitic, and coenobitic (communal) lifestyles as its main expressions. Archaeological surveys and excavations of monastic sites have nuanced this picture and underlined the complexity and diversity of not only the monasteries’ internal organization, but also their geographical setting and economic realities. Late Antique monasteries in the eastern Mediterranean (especially Egypt and Palestine) are well represented both archaeologically and textually while early monasteries in the western Mediterranean are mainly known from textual sources.
Ancient history · Antique · Archaeology · Diversity (politics) · Excavation · Geography · Late Antiquity · Mediterranean climate · Palestine · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |