Medieval Mount Athos between Wealth and Poverty
These collected studies dedicated to the Orthodox monastic center of Mount Athos during the Middle Ages paint a compelling picture of the Holy Mountain’s monastic communities as economic actors. Mount Athos’ rich archival holdings allow both for the minute scrutiny of economic activity and the traci...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill
2025.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
The Medieval Mediterranean ; 142. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009870120106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Series Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction (Chitwood)
- Part 1. Capital Connections: Athonite metochia in Constantinople
- 1. Athonite metochia in Constantinople (10th-12th Centuries) (Oltean)
- 2. Mount Athos and the Wealth of Constantinople (14th-16th Centuries) (Melvani)
- Part 2. Problems of Property: Founding and Financing Monasteries on Medieval Mount Athos
- 3. General Legal Norms for Monastic Property in Byzantium and Their Implementation on Mount Athos: The Case of Hilandar (Maksimovič)
- 4. Pourquoi fondait-on des monastères sur l'Athos aux xe et XIe siècles? (Kaplan)
- 5. Annuity Endowments and Sovereign Foundations on Mount Athos (Chitwood)
- Part 3. Iberian Efflorescence: Three Case Studies from the Golden Age of Iviron Monastery
- 6. Liturgical Commemoration and Its Material Value in the Georgian Book of Commemorations (Agapes) of Iviron Monastery (Chronz)
- 7. In Praise of a Businessman: The Hegumenate Account of Paul of Iviron (1170-1184) (Smyrlis)
- 8. The Dynamics of Donations to Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos (According to the Book of Commemorations [Agapes]) (Tabuashvili and Kekelia)
- Part 4. Consolidating Wealth in a New World: Mount Athos and the Ottomans
- 9. Endowment, Rule, and Theology: Political Theology in the Endowment Deeds for Mount Athos of 15th- and 16th-century Wallachia (Grigore)
- 10. Archival Treasures of the Holy Mountain: Interpreting Ottoman and Arabic Documents as Sources of Athonite Wealth (de Obaldía)
- Part 5. Material Remains: Athonite Manuscripts, Seals, and Digital Humanities
- 11. Byzantine Monasteries and Their Wealth as Shown by Lead Seals: The Case of the Imperial Monastery of Lakape (Filosa).
- 12. Manuscripts as Part of the Wealth of Athonite Monasteries (Melissakis)
- 13. OpenAtlas: An Open-Source Application to Map Historical Data with CIDOC CRM (Eichert, Richards and Watzinger)
- Conclusion (Chitwood)
- Index of Modern Authors
- Index of Sources
- Index of Subjects
- Back Cover.
