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)”).

• List of FiguresNotes on ContributorsIntroductionZachary ChitwoodPart1 Capital Connections: Athonite metochia in Constantinople1 Athonite metochia in Constantinople (10th–12th Centuries)Daniel Oltean2 Mount Athos and the Wealth of Constantinople (14th–16th Centuries)Nicholas MelvaniPart2 Problems of Property: Founding and Financing Monasteries on Medieval Mount Athos3 General Legal Norms for Monastic Property in Byzantium and Their Implementation on Mount Athos: The Case of HilandarKirillA. Maksimovič4 Pourquoi fondait-on des monastères sur l’Athos aux Xe et XIe siècles ?Michel Kaplan5 Annuity Endowments and Sovereign Foundations on Mount AthosZachary ChitwoodPart3 Iberian Efflorescence: Three Case Studies from the Golden Age of Iviron Monastery6 Liturgical Commemoration and Its Material Value in the Georgian ‘Book of Commemorations (Agapes)’ of Iviron MonasteryTinatin Chronz7 In Praise of a Businessman: The Hegumenate Account of Paul of Iviron (1170–1184)Kostis Smyrlis8 The Dynamics of Donations to Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos (According to the Book of Commemorations [Agapes])Apolon Tabuashvili and Vladimer KekeliaPart4 Consolidating Wealth in a New World: Mount Athos and the Ottomans9 Endowment, Rule and Theology: Political Theology in the Endowment Deeds for Mount Athos of 15th- and 16th-century WallachiaMihai-D. Grigore10 Servet-i Aynaroz: Interpreting Ottoman Documents as Sources of Athonite WealthVanessaR. de ObaldíaPart5 Material Remains: Athonite Manuscripts, Seals and Digital Humanities11 Byzantine Monasteries and Their Wealth as Shown by Lead Seals: The Case of the Imperial Monastery of LakapeMartina Filosa12 Manuscripts as Part of Athonite Monasteries’ WealthZisis Melissakis13 OpenAtlas: An Open-Source Application to Map Historical Data with CIDOC CRMStefan Eichert, Nina Richards and Alexander WatzingerConclusionZachary ChitwoodIndex

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)”).

• List of FiguresNotes on ContributorsIntroductionZachary ChitwoodPart1 Capital Connections: Athonite metochia in Constantinople1 Athonite metochia in Constantinople (10th–12th Centuries)Daniel Oltean2 Mount Athos and the Wealth of Constantinople (14th–16th Centuries)Nicholas MelvaniPart2 Problems of Property: Founding and Financing Monasteries on Medieval Mount Athos3 General Legal Norms for Monastic Property in Byzantium and Their Implementation on Mount Athos: The Case of HilandarKirillA. Maksimovič4 Pourquoi fondait-on des monastères sur l’Athos aux Xe et XIe siècles ?Michel Kaplan5 Annuity Endowments and Sovereign Foundations on Mount AthosZachary ChitwoodPart3 Iberian Efflorescence: Three Case Studies from the Golden Age of Iviron Monastery6 Liturgical Commemoration and Its Material Value in the Georgian ‘Book of Commemorations (Agapes)’ of Iviron MonasteryTinatin Chronz7 In Praise of a Businessman: The Hegumenate Account of Paul of Iviron (1170–1184)Kostis Smyrlis8 The Dynamics of Donations to Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos (According to the Book of Commemorations [Agapes])Apolon Tabuashvili and Vladimer KekeliaPart4 Consolidating Wealth in a New World: Mount Athos and the Ottomans9 Endowment, Rule and Theology: Political Theology in the Endowment Deeds for Mount Athos of 15th- and 16th-century WallachiaMihai-D. Grigore10 Servet-i Aynaroz: Interpreting Ottoman Documents as Sources of Athonite WealthVanessaR. de ObaldíaPart5 Material Remains: Athonite Manuscripts, Seals and Digital Humanities11 Byzantine Monasteries and Their Wealth as Shown by Lead Seals: The Case of the Imperial Monastery of LakapeMartina Filosa12 Manuscripts as Part of Athonite Monasteries’ WealthZisis Melissakis13 OpenAtlas: An Open-Source Application to Map Historical Data with CIDOC CRMStefan Eichert, Nina Richards and Alexander WatzingerConclusionZachary ChitwoodIndex

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)”).

• List of FiguresNotes on ContributorsIntroductionZachary ChitwoodPart1 Capital Connections: Athonite metochia in Constantinople1 Athonite metochia in Constantinople (10th–12th Centuries)Daniel Oltean2 Mount Athos and the Wealth of Constantinople (14th–16th Centuries)Nicholas MelvaniPart2 Problems of Property: Founding and Financing Monasteries on Medieval Mount Athos3 General Legal Norms for Monastic Property in Byzantium and Their Implementation on Mount Athos: The Case of HilandarKirillA. Maksimovič4 Pourquoi fondait-on des monastères sur l’Athos aux Xe et XIe siècles ?Michel Kaplan5 Annuity Endowments and Sovereign Foundations on Mount AthosZachary ChitwoodPart3 Iberian Efflorescence: Three Case Studies from the Golden Age of Iviron Monastery6 Liturgical Commemoration and Its Material Value in the Georgian ‘Book of Commemorations (Agapes)’ of Iviron MonasteryTinatin Chronz7 In Praise of a Businessman: The Hegumenate Account of Paul of Iviron (1170–1184)Kostis Smyrlis8 The Dynamics of Donations to Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos (According to the Book of Commemorations [Agapes])Apolon Tabuashvili and Vladimer KekeliaPart4 Consolidating Wealth in a New World: Mount Athos and the Ottomans9 Endowment, Rule and Theology: Political Theology in the Endowment Deeds for Mount Athos of 15th- and 16th-century WallachiaMihai-D. Grigore10 Servet-i Aynaroz: Interpreting Ottoman Documents as Sources of Athonite WealthVanessaR. de ObaldíaPart5 Material Remains: Athonite Manuscripts, Seals and Digital Humanities11 Byzantine Monasteries and Their Wealth as Shown by Lead Seals: The Case of the Imperial Monastery of LakapeMartina Filosa12 Manuscripts as Part of Athonite Monasteries’ WealthZisis Melissakis13 OpenAtlas: An Open-Source Application to Map Historical Data with CIDOC CRMStefan Eichert, Nina Richards and Alexander WatzingerConclusionZachary ChitwoodIndex