Politics, Conflict and the Monastic Topography of 15th Century - Constantinopl

This study of Constantinople's monasteries within their urban framework during the last decades of Byzantium (1394-1453) explores the activity of monks, nuns, and affiliated laypeople such as patrons just before the city's Ottoman conquest and transformation into the capital of an Islamic Empire.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Monastic Authority and Public Life in the "City-State" of Constantinople 2. Monks and Nuns in the Entangled Economies of the Eastern Mediterranean 3. Monasteries and Social Networks in Late Palaiologan Constantinople 4. Monastic Hesychia and Byzantine Humanism 5. Monasteries and Visual Culture in 15th-Century Constantinople 6. The Sacred Topography of 15th-Century Constantinople. Conclusion

About the author

Nicholas Melvani is Research Associate at Johannes Gutenberg-University in Mainz and has held fellowships at Koç University in Istanbul and at Princeton University. His publications include the monograph Late Byzantine Sculpture (2013) and numerous articles on Byzantine sculpture, epigraphy, monasticism, and the topography of Constantinople.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas (Johannes Gutenberg-University i Melvani, Melvani Nicholas
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.08.2025
• EAN: 9780367514860
• ISBN: 978-0-367-51486-0
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Istanbul, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, History of Religion, Medieval History, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, History and Archaeology, Byzantine Empire