Between Princes and Labourers: The Legacy of Hosios Christodoulos and his Successors in the Aegean Sea (11th–13th Centuries.)
Between Princes and Labourers: The Legacy of Hosios Christodoulos and his Successors in the Aegean Sea (11th–13th Centuries.)

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to explore the influence gained by the monastery of Patmos in the Aegean Sea in the 11th–13th centuries, during which its properties became symbols of imperial patronage and the foci of settlements linked to the local Church and to agrarian communities. This gradual concentration of power offers the opportunity to read into the landscape of other Aegean islands under its influence, and define identities in the region. These issues have been approached through both religious monuments and surviving mural decoration, which constitute a visual vocabulary open to interpretation.

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