The Economic Condition of the Bishopric of Gaza (Palestine) during the Rule of Bishop Porphyry (circa 395–420)

Milewski, Ireneusz

dc.contributor.author	Milewski, Ireneusz
dc.date.accessioned	2019-02-26T13:28:06Z
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dc.date.issued	2018
dc.identifier.issn	2084-140X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11089/26904
dc.description.abstract	The study attempts to determine the economic condition of a small provincial bishopric, namely the church of Gaza (Palestine) during the rule of bishop Porphyry (circa 395–420 AD). All of the information on the subject comes from the Vita Porphyrii by Mark the Deacon – a source whose historical value has often been disputed. Although the information on the wealth of the church in Gaza at the turn of the 4th and 5th centuries is not particularly vast or illuminating, it is nevertheless possible to identify several spheres of economic activity of the Gaza bishopric. These are, among other things, the property owned by the bishopric (real estate), its cash reserves (mostly at the beginning of the 5th century), the endowments of the imperial court (given by emperor Arcadius and his wife, empress Aelia Eudoxia), as well as the charitable activity of the bishopric (especially on the occasion of erecting the Eudoxiane, probably in 407).	en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship	Publication financed through contract no. 501/1/P-DUN/2017 from the funds of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. This article was written with the financial support of the Polish National Science Centre (UMO-2015/17/B/HS3/00135).	en_GB
dc.language.iso	en	en_GB
dc.publisher	Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego	en_GB
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dc.subject	early Byzantium	en_GB
dc.subject	late Roman economy	en_GB
dc.subject	early Byzantine hagiography	en_GB
dc.subject	early Byzantine Church	en_GB
dc.title	The Economic Condition of the Bishopric of Gaza (Palestine) during the Rule of Bishop Porphyry (circa 395–420)	en_GB
dc.type	Article	en_GB
dc.page.number	193-207
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation	Uniwersytet Gdański, Wydział Historyczny, Instytut Historii, Zakład Historii Starożytnej, ul. Wita Stwosza 55, 80-952 Gdańsk, Polska/Poland
dc.identifier.eissn	2449-8378
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