Description
Book SynopsisDuring the Frankish Crusader period, Cistercian monks built and developed the monastery of Zaraka in Greece for approximately forty years and were followed first by squatters, then by a seventeenth-century cemetery. The goal of this study has been to identify where the monks came from, how they lived, and why they left so suddenly.
Trade ReviewThe strength of this volume rests in the clear presentation of material that strengthens the reader's understanding of this Cistercian abbey and its community. Careful attention to the later phases of the site's habitation--absent from the book's title--also provides vital information about this region in the late and post-Byzantine periods, re-populating the Stymphalos Valley with those whose stories have, until now, been lost. --Sharon E. J. Gerste, University of California-Los Angeles
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgements by Sheila Campbell
Foreword by Hector Williams
Introduction to the Site by Sheila Campbell
Historical and Ecclesiastical Context by Kathryn Salzer
Architecture of the Church by Anthony Masinton
Architectural Sculpture by Sheila Campbell
Reconstructing the Abbey Library of Zaraka by Diane Reilly
Pottery by Camilla Mackay
Coins by Julian Baker
Glass by Susan Young
Animal Remains by Debbie Ruscillo
Medieval Villages in the Peloponnese by Kostantinos Kourelis
Human Remains by Sandra Garvie-Lok
Conclusions and Areas for further Research by Sheila Campbell
