- Table of Contents (page 5)
- Illustrations (page 7)
- Preface (page 9)
- Acknowledgments (page 11)
- Abbreviations (page 13)
- Introduction (page 15)
- A Biographical Sketch (page 17)
- Kassia's Theological Context: Authority in the Byzantine Church (page 21)
- A Note About Sources (page 26)
- 1 Kassia the Candidate (page 29)
- 2 Kassia the Feminist (page 37)
- 3 Kassia the Iconophile (page 57)
- The Evolution of the Iconoclast Debate (page 58)
- Women as Iconophiles (page 64)
- Iconophile Themes in Kassia's Works (page 66)
- 4 Kassia the Monastic (page 77)
- Male and Female Monasticism in Byzantium (page 82)
- Kassia's Philosophy of Monasticism (page 89)
- 5 Kassia the Person (page 107)
- Kassia and Friendship (page 107)
- Kassia's Reaction to Beauty and Wealth (page 110)
- Kassia on Envy (page 117)
- Kassia's Reflections on Speech and Silence (page 118)
- Conclusions on Kassia's Personality (page 122)
- Appendix 1: Kassia's Poems on Monasticism (page 125)
- On Monastics (page 127)
- What is a Monastic? (page 129)
- Appendix 2: Byzantine Chronicles for Reconstructing Kassia's Life (page 133)
- Symeon the Logothete, Chronographia (10th c.) (page 134)
- George the Monk, Chronikon 4.264 (11th c.) (page 136)
- Leo the Grammarian, Chronographia (10th/11th c.) (page 138)
- John Zonaras, Chronikon (12th c.) (page 140)
- Michael Glykas, Chronographia (12th c.) (page 142)
- The Patria of Constantinople (page 143)
- Ephraim the Monk, Chronikon (14th c.) (page 144)
- Bibliography (page 147)
