IMC 2005: Sessions
Session 1316: Retiring in a Byzantine Monastery
Wednesday 13 July 2005, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Université de Paris IV - Sorbonne |
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Organiser: | Béatrice Caseau, Université Paris IV - Sorbonne |
Moderator/Chair: | Béatrice Caseau, Université Paris IV - Sorbonne |
Paper 1316-a | L'entrée au monastère du bandit et du criminel en Orient durant l'Antiquité tardive: modèle pénitenciel et modèle pénal (Language: Français) Index terms: Law, Monasticism, Religious Life, Social History |
Paper 1316-b | The Monastic Vocation of John Kantacouzenos: A Reconsideration of the Master Narrative (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Lay Piety, Monasticism |
Paper 1316-c | Empereurs, militaires et dignitaires au monastère (Language: Français) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Lay Piety, Monasticism, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | Ending one's life in a monastery was certainly a thing to do in the Middle and Late Byzantine Period. Entering a monastery in the middle of one's life was a well considered possibility, either at the death of a spuse, or after a successful or unsuccessful career. Some chose to enter a monastery, others were forced to do so. This session offers to study the reasons behind retiring in a monastery for the aristocracy. |