Actes de Vatopedi. I: Des Origines a 1329 [French]

by V Kravari, Ch Giros, J Bompaire

English summary: The monastery of Vatopedi was founded around 980 by a member of the Byzantine aristocracy, who, according to legend, was from Adrianople. The monastery quickly became one of the biggest of Mount Athos. Until the end of the 12th century, its history is poorly known, because, from this early period, only eleven documents are preserved. The archives of Vatopedi, however, are the richest of Mount Athos for the 13th-15th centuries. Many...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 2283604214
• ISBN13: 9782283604212
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 495 Pages