Ebook: Mount Athos and Byzantine Monasticism: Papers from the Twenty-Eighth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Birmingham, March 1994

This collection of conference papers embodies the results of research into the archives of Mount Athos. All aspects of Byzantine monasticism are covered, dealing with questions of asceticism, authority, community, economy, enlightenment, fortification, liturgy, music, manuscripts, hesychasm, scandal, spirituality and women. These papers provide an overview of scholarship in the field.