Ecclesiastical Economies: The Integration of Sacred and Maritime Topographies of Late Antique Cyprus

This article focusses on the relationship of the church with productive landscapes and coastal topographies within numerous Cypriot contexts of the 4th–8th centuries. Through synthesising the archaeological research and architectural remains of these aspects and categories, the coastal settlements o...

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Autor principal:	Catherine T. Keane
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	Late Antiquity Cyprus economy sacred topography churches landscape archaeology Religions. Mythology. Rationalism BL1-2790
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f82ab2a5289b440d9a6413c626597ea02021-11-25T18:53:08ZEcclesiastical Economies: The Integration of Sacred and Maritime Topographies of Late Antique Cyprus10.3390/rel121109892077-1444https://doaj.org/article/f82ab2a5289b440d9a6413c626597ea02021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/11/989https://doaj.org/toc/2077-1444This article focusses on the relationship of the church with productive landscapes and coastal topographies within numerous Cypriot contexts of the 4th–8th centuries. Through synthesising the archaeological research and architectural remains of these aspects and categories, the coastal settlements of the island are recontextualised in terms of their mercantile, religious, and cultural networks, on inter- and intraregional scales. The advantages of researching late antique insular societies on local, individual scales and within economic contexts are therefore highlighted. These integrative approaches can illuminate the constructions of religious identity across many coastal contexts, particularly in larger islands with micro-regions and trans-Mediterranean connectivity, like Cyprus. By considering the importance of the administrative and economic roles of the late antique church within these maritime topographies, future archaeological research can integrate both the monumentality and pragmatic aspects of sacred landscapes.Catherine T. KeaneMDPI AGarticleLate AntiquityCypruseconomysacred topographychurcheslandscape archaeologyReligions. Mythology. RationalismBL1-2790ENReligions, Vol 12, Iss 989, p 989 (2021)
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topic	Late Antiquity Cyprus economy sacred topography churches landscape archaeology Religions. Mythology. Rationalism BL1-2790
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description	This article focusses on the relationship of the church with productive landscapes and coastal topographies within numerous Cypriot contexts of the 4th–8th centuries. Through synthesising the archaeological research and architectural remains of these aspects and categories, the coastal settlements of the island are recontextualised in terms of their mercantile, religious, and cultural networks, on inter- and intraregional scales. The advantages of researching late antique insular societies on local, individual scales and within economic contexts are therefore highlighted. These integrative approaches can illuminate the constructions of religious identity across many coastal contexts, particularly in larger islands with micro-regions and trans-Mediterranean connectivity, like Cyprus. By considering the importance of the administrative and economic roles of the late antique church within these maritime topographies, future archaeological research can integrate both the monumentality and pragmatic aspects of sacred landscapes.
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title	Ecclesiastical Economies: The Integration of Sacred and Maritime Topographies of Late Antique Cyprus
title_short	Ecclesiastical Economies: The Integration of Sacred and Maritime Topographies of Late Antique Cyprus
title_full	Ecclesiastical Economies: The Integration of Sacred and Maritime Topographies of Late Antique Cyprus
title_fullStr	Ecclesiastical Economies: The Integration of Sacred and Maritime Topographies of Late Antique Cyprus
title_full_unstemmed	Ecclesiastical Economies: The Integration of Sacred and Maritime Topographies of Late Antique Cyprus
title_sort	ecclesiastical economies: the integration of sacred and maritime topographies of late antique cyprus
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Ecclesiastical Economies: The Integration of Sacred and Maritime Topographies of Late Antique Cyprus

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