Kinship, Property Relations, and the Survival of Double Monasteries in the Eastern Church
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8959321 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Liudmyla Sharipova (0000-0002-7028-1106, University of Nottingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 267-289 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x19000219 |
| OpenAlex | W2958990944 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
The article examines the enduring phenomenon of double monasticism, the type of religious organization whereby a single monastic unit combined a male and a female community that followed the same rule, recognized the authority of the same superior, and functioned within the boundaries of the same monastic compound or in close proximity to each other, but not in shared quarters. After centuries of evolution since late antiquity, double monasteries effectively ceased to exist in the Latin West by the high middle ages, but demonstrated remarkable staying powers in the sphere of historic Byzantine cultural influences, particularly in Orthodox Eastern Europe and Christian Middle East, where this archaic type of monastic institution survived into the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Based on previously unexplored archival material from the Orthodox lands of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and later the Ukrainian Hetmanate, a semi-autonomous state ruled by elective officers who recognized the tsar of Muscovy as their suzerain, the article analyses the place of kinship structures, economic and political factors, legal frameworks, and the role of the imperial state in the evolution and ultimate decline of the double monastery
Ancient history · Archaeology · Byzantine architecture · Commonwealth · Genealogy · Geography · Institution · Kinship · Lithuanian · Monasticism · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Anthropology · Historical and Archaeological Studies · Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law · Philosophy
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Virgins and Widows
Russian Centralism and Ukrainian Autonomy
The Old Believers and the World of Antichrist
A Europe of Composite Monarchies
Legal Rights of Women in Russia, 1100-1750
Pachomius
Brother/Sister Relationships
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |