Μεταβυζαντινά μοναστηριακά συγκροτήματα με εγκαταστάσεις αγροτικής οικονομίας στη Μεσσηνιακή Μάνη. Η μαρτυρία των αρχιτεκτονικών καταλοίπων.

Μεγαλομμάτη Νίκη

Unit:

Department of History and Archaeology
Library of the School of Philosophy

Deposit date:

2021-06-29

Year:

2021

Author:

Megalommati Niki

Dissertation committee:

Μαρία Κωνσταντουδάκη - Κιτρομηλίδου, Ομότιμη καθηγήτρια βυζαντινής αρχαιολογίας στο Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Σοφία Καλοπίση - Βέρτη, Ομότιμη καθηγήτρια βυζαντινής αρχαιολογίας και τέχνης στο Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Νικόλαος Γκιολές, Ομότιμος καθηγητής βυζαντινής αρχαιολογίας, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Γεώργιος Πάλλης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής βυζαντινής αρχαιολογίας, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Παρασκευάς Κονόρτας, Αναπληρωτής καθηγητής Ιστορίας της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Αγγελική Πανοπούλου, Κύρια Ερευνήτρια, Τομέας Βυζαντινών Ερευνών, Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών
Σταύρος Μαμαλούκος, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Αρχιτεκτόνων, Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών

Original Title:

Μεταβυζαντινά μοναστηριακά συγκροτήματα με εγκαταστάσεις αγροτικής οικονομίας στη Μεσσηνιακή Μάνη. Η μαρτυρία των αρχιτεκτονικών καταλοίπων.

Languages:

Greek

Translated title:

Post-Byzantine Monastic Compounds of Messinian Mani and their Pre-industrial Agricultural Installations: the Architectural Evidence

Summary:

This doctoral dissertation deals with the monastic compounds of Messinian (NW or Outer/ Exo) Mani during the Ottoman times. It sheds light to their role and contribution to the society and economy of the region. This research adds further evidence regarding the Ottoman past of Mani, without merely focusing on the religious monuments. It investigates the installations and structures that are related with the rural economy of the area. The monasteries are dealt as organised complexes that included both religious and non-religious buildings. The non-religious buildings were production units that served for everyday life purposes. To achieve the goals of this study, extensive survey and full documentation of the buildings were carried out. The archaeological fieldwork was combined with the information provided by the available textual sources. The dissertation discusses sixteen monasteries that enclose remains of pre-industrial agricultural installations within their walls or in the surrounding area.
The preserved architectural remains indicate that many little monasteries were built in secluded and inaccessible sites, which were also ideal for the protection and defence of the area. These little monasteries were part of a network that protected the limits of Exo Mani, usually in connection with the fortified complexes of the local governors (kapetanioi). The remains of the pre-industrial installations imply that since the beginning of the 17th century –and especially in the 18th century, which was a period of prosperity– until the Greek War of Independence the monasteries’ rural economy thrived. It was mainly based on the olive oil industry, as well as on the production of cereals, on livestock farming and less of viniculture.
Besides their religious and spiritual mission, these little monastic compounds played other roles as well. Their additional duties stemmed from their relation with the kapetanioi. Therefore, they also functioned as defensive complexes, as technological entities and as organised production units. The monasteries were actively involved in the economy of the area by offering the surplus of their industrial activities to the local and interregional market, after covering the needs of the monastic communities.

Main subject category:

Archaeology

Keywords:

monastic complexes, architecture, rural economy, agricultural instalations, topography

Index:

Number of index pages:

Contains images:

Yes

Number of references:

1464

Number of pages:

658