St Sabas and the Palestinian Monastic Network under Crusader Rule

Jotischky, Andrew (2012) St Sabas and the Palestinian Monastic Network under Crusader Rule. In: International Religious Networks :. Studies in Church History Subsidia . Boydell, Woodbridge, pp. 9-19. ISBN 9780954681005

Abstract

This short article shows how continuity of practice in sites of Palestinian desert monasticism from the early Byzantine period to the period of crusader rule enabled the functioning of a network of monastic ideals across the eastern Mediterranean.