Greek Monasticism in Southern Italy : The Life of Neilos in Context (Paperback)

Introduction[Barbara Crostini]Part I: Italo-Greek Monasticism1. Monastic Spirituality of the Italo-Greek Monks[David Hester]2. Italo-Greek Monastic Typika[Cristina Torre]3. Greek Monasticism in Campania and Latium from the Tenth to the Fifteenth Century[Vera von Falkenhausen]4. Art and Architecture for Byzantine Monks in Calabria: Sources, Monuments, Paintings and Objects (Ninth to Thirteenth Centuries)[Lorenzo Riccardi]5. Family Hagiography and Christian Resistance in the Tenth Century: The Bioi of Sabas, Christopher and Makarios[Adele Cilento]6. Historical Echoes in Italo-Greek Hagiographies of the Norman Age[Gioacchino Strano]7. Monastic Interactions Between Calabria and Mount Athos in the Middle Ages[Enrico Morini]8. Nicholas-Nektarios of Otranto: A Greek Monk Under Roman Obedience[Claudio Schiano]Part II: The Life of St. Neilos 9. Neighbors: Jews and Judaism in the Life of St. Neilos the Younger[Giancarlo Lacerenza]10. Calabria and the Muslims During Saint Neilos’s Lifetime[Alessandro Vanoli]11. "Ceramiclast" in the Bios of St Neilos[Raymond Capra]12. The Homosexual Background Attributed to a Textual Gap in the Life of St Neilos from Rossano: A Re-Evaluation[Andrea Luzzi]13. East Meets West, West Meets East?: Constructing Difference in First Life of St Adalbert and in the Life of St Neilos[David Kalhous]14. Neilos the Younger and Benedict: The Greek Hymns Composed by Neilos in Campania[Annick Peters-Custot]15. Neilos’s Long-Lasting Marks on Grottaferrata’s Identity[Ines Angeli Murzaku]16. St. Bartholomew of Grottaferrata Between Tradition and Innovation[Angela Prinzi]