“Double”, mixed or twin monasteries? The status of so-called “double” monasteries in Byzantium of 8th–15th centuries
Already in the early Byzantine Empire (4th–6th centuries), beside monasteries and convents, there were certain kinds of co-existence of monastic communities for men and women, i.e. double, mixed and twin-monasteries. These institutions were inherited by the middle and late Byzantine Empire. The aim...
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Language: | Russian |
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St. Tikhon's Orthodox University
2019-12-01
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Series: | Vestnik Pravoslavnogo Svâto-Tihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta: Seriâ II. Istoriâ, Istoriâ Russkoj Pravoslavnoj Cerkvi |
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Online Access: | http://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/6792 |