'On the beliefs of the Greeks' : : Leo Allatios and popular Orthodoxy / / by Karen Hartnup.

This book deals with popular Orthodoxy during the Byzantine and Ottoman periods, approaching the material from a historical and anthropological perspective. The discussion takes as its starting point a letter of Leo Allatios, the seventeenth-century author and scriptor of the Vatican Library. The ea...

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Superior document:The medieval Mediterranean, v. 54
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Year of Publication:2004
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 54.
Physical Description:1 online resource (390 p.)
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Sources for Orthodox Popular Religion
  • 3. Leo Allatios: His Life and Influences
  • 4. The Gello and Popular Religion
  • 5. The Gello and Baptism
  • 6. The Gello and Marriage
  • 7. The Vrykolakas
  • 8. The Tympaniaios
  • 9. Allatios and Popular Healing
  • 10. Allatios and the Stoicheion
  • Conclusion
  • Conspectus of Sources
  • Bibliography
  • Index.