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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.
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.
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