Of meat, men and property: the troubled career of a convert nun in eighteenth-century Kiev

The article is based on the case study of Sister Asklipiodata, a Jewish convert to Christianity, who became a member of the monastic community in one of Kiev’s Orthodox convents in the second half of the eighteenth century. It explores the ways in which the non-communal way of life in Eastern Orthod...

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Main Author: Sharipova, Liudmyla
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40423/
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description The article is based on the case study of Sister Asklipiodata, a Jewish convert to Christianity, who became a member of the monastic community in one of Kiev’s Orthodox convents in the second half of the eighteenth century. It explores the ways in which the non-communal way of life in Eastern Orthodox convents impacted both upon the praxis of monastic existence within the convent walls, and the relations with the secular world without. Parallel to this consideration of a lasting centrality of property ownership in Orthodox female monasticism, the article addresses the largely neglected question of Jewish assimilation in the Russian Empire prior to the Partitions of Poland (1772–93), which brought the sizeable Jewish population of the Commonwealth’s eastern borderlands in immediate contact with the Russian state.
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spelling nottingham-404232020-05-04T18:31:32Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40423/ Of meat, men and property: the troubled career of a convert nun in eighteenth-century Kiev Sharipova, Liudmyla The article is based on the case study of Sister Asklipiodata, a Jewish convert to Christianity, who became a member of the monastic community in one of Kiev’s Orthodox convents in the second half of the eighteenth century. It explores the ways in which the non-communal way of life in Eastern Orthodox convents impacted both upon the praxis of monastic existence within the convent walls, and the relations with the secular world without. Parallel to this consideration of a lasting centrality of property ownership in Orthodox female monasticism, the article addresses the largely neglected question of Jewish assimilation in the Russian Empire prior to the Partitions of Poland (1772–93), which brought the sizeable Jewish population of the Commonwealth’s eastern borderlands in immediate contact with the Russian state. Cambridge University Press 2017-01-06 Article PeerReviewed Sharipova, Liudmyla (2017) Of meat, men and property: the troubled career of a convert nun in eighteenth-century Kiev. Journal of Ecclesiastical History . ISSN 1469-7637 (In Press) Monastery communal living nun property relations Orthodox Church Ukrainian Hetmanate Poland Jewish Kiev Russian Empire eighteenth century
spellingShingle Monastery
communal living
nun
property relations
Orthodox Church
Ukrainian Hetmanate
Poland
Jewish
Kiev
Russian Empire
eighteenth century
Sharipova, Liudmyla
Of meat, men and property: the troubled career of a convert nun in eighteenth-century Kiev
title Of meat, men and property: the troubled career of a convert nun in eighteenth-century Kiev
title_full Of meat, men and property: the troubled career of a convert nun in eighteenth-century Kiev
title_fullStr Of meat, men and property: the troubled career of a convert nun in eighteenth-century Kiev
title_full_unstemmed Of meat, men and property: the troubled career of a convert nun in eighteenth-century Kiev
title_short Of meat, men and property: the troubled career of a convert nun in eighteenth-century Kiev
title_sort of meat, men and property: the troubled career of a convert nun in eighteenth-century kiev
topic Monastery
communal living
nun
property relations
Orthodox Church
Ukrainian Hetmanate
Poland
Jewish
Kiev
Russian Empire
eighteenth century
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40423/