This book offers the first analysis of female monasticism across the last three centuries of the Byzantine empire using Social Network Analysis (SNA).
This book offers the first analysis of female monasticism across the last three centuries of the Byzantine empire using Social Network Analysis (SNA). The present study analyzes and reconstructs the networks of Byzantine female monasteries as well as the geographical and spatial dimensions of monastic life, art, and literary production. Moreover, it reconstructs and represents the networks of specific female monastic individuals, female involvement in ecclesiastical controversies, and the complexity of patronage.
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Guide for the Reader
Introduction
Chapter
1. (Female) Monasticism: An Outline
Chapter
2. Female Monasteries in Late Byzantium: Foundation, Organization,
and Networks
Chapter
3. Economic Networks of Female Monasteries
Chapter
4. Female Monastic Networks of Art and Knowledge
Chapter
5. Female Monasticism and the Church
Conclusions
Appendix
1. Lists of Nuns
Appendix
2. List of Nunneries
Bibliography
Index of Places
Index of Persons
Ekaterini Mitsiou (Vienna) is an expert on the monasticism and economic life of Byzantium. Her recent publications include three volumes of proceedings as well as articles on Latin and Byzantine monasteries in Constantinople, female monasticism, and Byzantine economic history.
