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Life and Society in Byzantine Cappadocia J. Eric Cooper and Michael J. Decker Life and Society in Byzantine Cappadocia This page intentionally left blank Life and Society in Byzantine Cappadocia J. Eric Cooper Independent Scholar and Michael J. Decker Maroulis Professor of Byzantine History and Orthodox Religion, University of South Florida © J. Eric Cooper and Michael J. Decker 2012 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2012 978-0-230-36106-5 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2012 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-34828-2 ISBN 978-1-137-02964-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137029645 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 For my family, who have always offered more than ever asked, and to my dear friends for just that: your friendship! For Katy This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Figures ix List of Maps x Acknowledgements xi List of Abbreviations xii Introduction 1 Evidence: the written sources 2 Evidence: archaeological 3 Style, Cappadocia vs Kappadokia, references, and illustrations 7 Part I 1 ‘A Vast and Admirable Land’ 11 Cities and settlement 15 Population: how many people? 44 2 The Increase of the Earth 49 Land tenure 50 Arable farming 55 Industry 67 3 Land of Beautiful Horses 76 Equids 76 Pastoralism and stocking 94 Other animals 100 Part II 4 If One, Why So Many? 107 Early monasticism in Cappadocia 108 Cappadocian monasteries 119 A monastic landscape? 136 5 City of God 139 God in the land 139 Churches 148 Piety and religious observance 158 vii viii Contents Part III 6 Elite Society 175 Undercurrents of Cappadocian society 177 Cappadocian society during Late Antiquity 180 Women 183 The elite centre 187 Cappadocian society during the Dark Ages and Middle Period 194 Cappadocian elite identity 211 7 The Warlords 213 Rise of an elite 228 Conclusion 253 Notes 261 Bibliography 288 Index 316 List of Figures 1.1 Melitene 29 1.2 Cone village 33 1.3 Ovaören 35 1.4 Filiktepe 38 1.5 Byzantine runoff system 40 2.1 Dovecote 65 4.1 Yusuf Koç refectory 125 4.2 Geyikli Monastery 127 4.3 Göreme Units 132 6.1 Saray-B ehla Kilise 189 6.2 S¸ahinefendi 196 6.3 Göreme neighbourhood 198 6.4 Erdemli facade 201 6.5 Erdemli ground plan 202 6.6 Facade 207 ix
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