| Moderator/Chair: | Jonathan Harris, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London |
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| Paper 602-a | Raiment, Rite, and Rulers in Venetian Crete
(Language: English)
Cristina Stancioiu, Independent Scholar, Long Beach, California
Index terms: Art History - Painting, Byzantine Studies, Daily Life, Economics - Trade |
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| Paper 602-b | Management of Shortage: The Byzantine Church in the Face of Crisis and Collapse, 1204-1453
(Language: English)
Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, Institut für Byzanzforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien
Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Computing in Medieval Studies, Ecclesiastical History, Economics - General |
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| Paper 602-c | Rich and Poor Nunneries in Times of Crisis
(Language: English)
Ekaterini Mitsiou, Institut für Byzanzforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien
Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Economics - General, Gender Studies, Monasticism |
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| Abstract | Paper -a:
Abstract withheld by request.
Paper -b:
At a time when the Byzantine State was shaken by invasions, relative decline in terms of political and economic power and internal unrest and finally ceased to exist, the Byzantine Church was able to maintain essential elements of its pastoral and institutional framework in (South)Eastern Europe and Asia Minor beyond the catastrophes of 1204 and 1453 despite the adverse effects these events of course also had on its followers and properties. The paper aims at analysing important aspects of this resilience of the Late Byzantine Church as religious community and ecclesiastical institution; therefore 'classic' instruments of historical research will be combined with new methods of (socio)historical and systems research (modern statistical tools, network analysis, institutional and system analysis).
Paper -c:
Aim of this paper is to present and analyse the way nuns (as individuals) and their convents (as institutions) reacted in periods of crises in Late Byzantium (1204–1453). At first it will be determined on which base convents and nuns were considered economically and socially poor or rich, and how their financial status reduced or expand their chances to overcome the pressure in critical periods, such as the ones in 13th to 15th centuries Byzantium. Of special interest would be further to analyse how Byzantine nuns and nunneries managed their properties and if and how they perceived and understood their poverty or wealth.
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