Peter HatlieThe Monks and Monasteries of Constantinople, CA. 350 850
Introduction
Part I. Poverty, Politics and Patronage (ca. 300-565): 1. Developing trends in early Byzantine monasticism, ca. 300-565
2. The founding generations of monks in Constantinople, ca. 350-430
3. Conflict and confidence, ca. 430-518
4. Compromise and its rewards in the age of Justinian and Theodora, 518-565
Part II. Stability and Loss (565-ca. 730): 5. Useful partners in the late antique city, 565-ca. 610
6. Lost in adversity, ca. 610- 730
Part III. Noble Monks and New Causes (ca. 730-850): 7. The monastic social context: numbers, families, friendship and fraternities
8. The great expansion of monastic institutions
9. Monks in the world
10. Monks and culture
Conclusion
Appendix 1. A master list of the monasteries of Constantinople (ca. 350-850)
Appendix 2. A catalogue of iconodule bishops and metropolitans (815-843)
Appendix 3. A catalogue of iconodule abbots, abbesses and important monks and nuns (815-843)
Appendix 4. A select list of monastic authors working in Constantinople (ca. 730-850)
Appendix 5. Maps.