The monastic landscape of late antique Egypt: an archaeological reconstruction
Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom offers a new history of the field of Egyptian monastic archaeology. It is the first study in English to trace how scholars identified a space or site as monastic within the Egyptian landscape and how such identifications impacted perceptions of monasticism. Brooks Hedstrom...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
[2017]
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Egypt (Antiquity)
/ Copts
/ Monasticism
/ Monastery complex
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| Further subjects: | B
Coptic monasteries
B Christian antiquities (Egypt) B Egypt Antiquities B Christian antiquities Egypt B Cultural landscapes (Egypt) B Cultural landscapes Egypt B Monasteries (Egypt) B Monasteries Egypt B Monasticism and religious orders Egypt History B Egypt ; Antiquities B Christian antiquities ; Egypt B Cultural landscapes ; Egypt B Monasteries ; Egypt B Monasticism and religious orders ; Egypt ; History B Monasticism and religious orders (Egypt) History |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: 9781107161818 |
| Summary: | Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom offers a new history of the field of Egyptian monastic archaeology. It is the first study in English to trace how scholars identified a space or site as monastic within the Egyptian landscape and how such identifications impacted perceptions of monasticism. Brooks Hedstrom then provides an ecohistory of Egypt's tripartite landscape to offer a reorientation of the perception of the physical landscape. She analyzes late-antique documentary evidence, early monastic literature, and ecclesiastical history before turning to the extensive archaeological evidence of Christian monastic settlements. In doing so, she illustrates the stark differences between idealized monastic landscape and the actual monastic landscape that was urbanized through monastic constructions. Drawing upon critical theories in landscape studies, materiality and phenomenology, Brooks Hedstrom looks at domestic settlements of non-monastic and monastic settlements to posit what features makes monastic settlements unique, thus offering a new history of monasticism in Egypt. Monastic archaeology in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- Archaeology and 20th century perceptions of the monastic landscape -- An ecohistory of the Egyptian landscape -- Late antique documentary evidence and the monastic landscape -- Telling stories about the Egyptian monastic landscape -- The archaeology of late antique buildings in Egypt -- Looking at Egypt's monastic built environments |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Nov 2017) |
| ISBN: | 131667665X |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781316676653 |