Le troisieme et dernier volume des Actes de Vatopedi, qui
contient les actes datant de 1377 a 1500, est l'un des plus remarquables
de la collection des Archives de l'Athos . Le materiel documentaire du
monastere de Vatopedi pour cette periode est exceptionnellement riche et
il eclaire des sujets souvent mal connus, tels que la confiscation des
domaines monastiques par les Byzantins apres 1371, la situation en
Macedoine apres sa reconquete par Constantinople en 1403, et le statut
des monasteres athonites et de leurs biens apres la premiere et la
deuxieme conquete ottomane de la Macedoine, dans les annees 1380 et
- Le volume commence par une introduction sur l'histoire du
monastere et sur son domaine foncier durant la periode consideree.
Viennent ensuite la description, l'analyse, le commentaire et l'edition
de 99 actes grecs, pour la plupart inedits, ainsi que de deux actes
latins. On trouvera egalement des analyses commentees de 8 actes slaves
et de 38 actes ottomans, ainsi qu'une note sur les biens du monastere
d'apres les registres fiscaux ottomans de la fin du XVe et du debut du
XVIe siecle. Un index general detaille vient clore le volume. Enfin, un
album separe de 100 planches fournit les reproductions des documents
edites et de deux sceaux.
The third
and final volume of the Actes de Vatopedi, including the
documents dating from 1377 to 1500, is one of the most significant of
the Archives de l'Athos series. The documentary material of the
monastery of Vatopedi for this period is exceptionally rich and sheds
light on a number of often little-known topics, such as the confiscation
of monastic estates by the Byzantines after 1371, the conditions in
Macedonia after Constantinople reconquered the province in 1403, and the
status of the Athonite monasteries and their properties after the first
and the second Ottoman conquest of Macedonia, in the 1380s and 1420s,
respectively. The text volume begins with an introduction on the
monastery’s history and real estate in the period in question. This is
followed by the description, summary, commentary and edition of 99 Greek
documents, most of them published for the first time, as well as of two
Latin documents. The volume also includes summaries and commentaries of
8 Slavic and 38 Ottoman documents and a study on the monastery’s
properties as known from the late 15th- and early 16th-c. Ottoman tax
registers. Finally, the reader will find a very detailed general index.
A separate album of 100 plates contains reproductions of the edited
documents and of two seals.
