Mount Athos : : The Garden of the Panaghia / / Emmanuel Amand de Mendieta.

• VerfasserIn: Amand de Mendieta, Emmanuel,
• MitwirkendeR: Bruce, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2022]; ©1972
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: Reprint 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Berliner Byzantinistische Arbeiten ; 41
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (366 p.) :; 1 map

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Bibliographical List of Books and Articles mentioned in this Book -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Landscape of Mount Athos; its Population and the "Great Ban" -- Part One A History of the Monastic Confederation of Athos -- Preliminary Remarks -- Chapter I. Athos, from the Beginning until St. Athanasios the Athonite -- Chapter II. Athos, from the Foundation of Lavra till the Turkish Conquest (963—1430) -- Chapter III. Mount Athos under Turkish Rule (1430—1912) -- Chapter IV. The Holy Mountain under Greek Sovereignty (1912—1970...) -- Appendix to Part One. The Archives of Athos and the Byzantine Records therein -- Part Two The Present Legal Position of Mount Athos -- Chapter V. The Constitutional Charter of Mount Athos and the Central Government of the Holy Mountain -- Chapter VI. The Twenty Ruling Monasteries -- Chapter VII. The Dependencies of the Ruling Monasteries: Skites, Kellia, Kalyves and Hermitages -- Part Three The Life of the Monks of Athos -- Chapter VIII. Monastic Life on Athos -- Chapter IX. The Libraries of Athos -- Chapter X. The Intellectual Interests of Certain Monks -- Chapter XI. Art on Athos: A Reflection of Monastic Piety -- Chapter XII. Communal Worship and the Divine Liturgy -- Chapter XIII. The Ascetic and Mystical Ideal of the Hagiorites -- Epilogue -- Index