Medieval Mount Athos Between Wealth and Poverty

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-70754-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 142, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 608 g

Reihe: The Medieval Mediterranean

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 tracing of long-term trends. Not only were Hagiorite monasteries major players on a local level, but they were also embedded within trans-Mediterranean networks of patronage. The unique status of Mount Athos as a semi-autonomous monastic polity also influenced attitudes towards landholding as well as wealth and poverty more generally.

Contributors are Tinatin Chronz, Zachary Chitwood, Stefan Eichert, Martina Filosa, Mihai-D. Grigore, Michel Kaplan, Vladimer Kekelia, Kirill A. Maksimovic, Zisis Melissakis, Nicholas Melvani, Vanessa R. de Obaldía, Daniel Oltean, Nina Richards, Kostis Smyrlis, Apolon Tabuashvili, and Alexander Watzinger.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Chitwood, Zachary

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Zachary Chitwood

Part1 Capital Connections: Athonite metochia in Constantinople

1 Athonite metochia in Constantinople (10th–12th Centuries)

Daniel Oltean

2 Mount Athos and the Wealth of Constantinople (14th–16th Centuries)

Nicholas Melvani

Part2 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

KirillA. Maksimovic

4 Pourquoi fondait-on des monastères sur l’Athos aux Xe et XIe siècles??

Michel Kaplan

5 Annuity Endowments and Sovereign Foundations on Mount Athos

Zachary Chitwood

Part3 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

Tinatin Chronz

7 In Praise of a Businessman: The Hegumenate Account of Paul of Iviron (1170–1184)

Kostis Smyrlis

8 The Dynamics of Donations to Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos (According to the Book of Commemorations [Agapes])

Apolon Tabuashvili and Vladimer Kekelia

Part4 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

Mihai-D. Grigore

10 Servet-i Aynaroz: Interpreting Ottoman Documents as Sources of Athonite Wealth

VanessaR. de Obaldía

Part5 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

Martina Filosa

12 Manuscripts as Part of Athonite Monasteries’ Wealth

Zisis Melissakis

13 OpenAtlas: An Open-Source Application to Map Historical Data with CIDOC CRM

Stefan Eichert, Nina Richards and Alexander Watzinger

Conclusion

Zachary Chitwood

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Zachary Chitwood, Ph.D. (2012), Princeton University, is Professor of Byzantine Studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He is the Principal Investigator of the ERC-Starting Grant MAMEMS (“Mount Athos in Medieval Eastern Mediterranean Society: Contextualizing the History of a Monastic Republic (ca. 850-1550)”).