The Monks and Monasteries of Constantinople, ca. 350-850

Abstract

Introduction Part I. Poverty, Politics and Patronage (ca. 300-565): 1. Developing trends in early Byzantine monasticism, ca. 300-565 2. The founding generations of monks in Constantinople, ca. 350-430 3. Conflict and confidence, ca. 430-518 4. Compromise and its rewards in the age of Justinian and Theodora, 518-565 Part II. Stability and Loss (565-ca. 730): 5. Useful partners in the late antique city, 565-ca. 610 6. Lost in adversity, ca. 610- 730 Part III. Noble Monks and New Causes (ca. 730-850): 7. The monastic social context: numbers, families, friendship and fraternities 8. The great expansion of monastic institutions 9. Monks in the world 10. Monks and culture Conclusion Appendix 1. A master list of the monasteries of Constantinople (ca. 350-850) Appendix 2. A catalogue of iconodule bishops and metropolitans (815-843) Appendix 3. A catalogue of iconodule abbots, abbesses and important monks and nuns (815-843) Appendix 4. A select list of monastic authors working in Constantinople (ca. 730-850) Appendix 5. Maps.

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