Consolidation of the Orthodox Monastic Community on Mount Athos (1070s)

Name: Consolidation of the Orthodox Monastic Community on Mount Athos (1070s)
Start: 1071
End: 1080

Type Event Region Europe Time 1071–1080

In the 1070s, monastic communities on Mount Athos in Greece grew under Byzantine patronage;…

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1071–1078Mount Athos · GreeceSince Athanasius founded the Great Lavra in the 10th century, the monasteries of Mount Athos continued to be built and improved in the 1070s. Monks practiced a Byzantine blend of eremitic and communal life, with manuscript copying, icon painting, and liturgical hymnody forming the core of daily practice, attracting seekers from across the empire and Slavic lands.
1079Constantinople (place of issuance) · MarmaraByzantine Emperor Nikephoros III (Botaneiates) issued a golden bull (chrysobull) recognizing Mount Athos as an independent monastic territory, banning women and female livestock from the peninsula (later known as the 'avaton' prohibition), and confirming imperial protection of each monastery's autonomy over its estates and worship.

Mount Athos and Byzantine Monasticism: Papers from a Colloquium Held at the University of Birmingham in 1989 — Anthony Bryer (ed.) (1993)
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium — Alexander Kazhdan (ed.) (1991)