ACTA GRAECA SIMONOPETRAE (1516-1821)

Prof. Dr. Cyril P. Pavlikianov, Dr. Habilitatus (D.Sc.), Ph.D., M.A. is born in Sofi a in 1965. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Byzantine History at the National and Capodistrian University of Athens in 1998. He has been Assistant Professor of Modern Greek Philology (1998–2001) and Associate Professor of Byzantine Literature (2001–2007) at the Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology of the University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”. In 2004 he obtained the scholarly degree Doctor Habilitatus (Doctor Scientiarum) in Mediaeval History, and in 2007 was elected full Professor of Byzantine Philology and Palaeography.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 7

ABBREVIATIONS OF BIBLIOGRAPHY, 8

THE GREEK ARCHIVES OF SIMONOPETRA, 16

STRUCTURE OF SIMONOPETRA’S ARCHIVES AND THE DOCUMENTS

OF THE PERIOD 1516-1800, 20

THE 19TH CENTURY ARCHIVES OF SIMONOPETRA, 21

SUMMARY OF THE CONTENT OF SIMONOPETRA’S ARCHIVES

FROM 1822 TO 1850, 23

CHRONOLOGY OF THE MONAS TERY OF SIMONOPETRA

FROM 1516 TO 1821, 32

THE GREEK DOCUMENTS OF SIMONOPETRA, 61

DOCUMENTS OF SIMONOPETRA PRESERVED IN A MANUSCRIPT OF THE GREEK

ORTHODOX PATRIARCHATE IN JERUSALEM , 69

DOCUMENTS OF THE PERIOD 1516-1821 KEPT IN THE ARCHIVES OF SIMONOPETRA, 80

TWO SLAVI C CHARTERS OF THE RULERS OF WALLACHIA

PROMULGA TED FOR THE SIMONOPETRITAN DEPENDENCY OF MICHAEL VO DA IN

BUCHAREST (1599-1663), 266

SIMONOPETRA’S LOAN AGREEMEN TS OF THE PERIOD 1816-1821, 277

TAXPAYER RECEIPTS (TACHVILIA) OF SIMONOPETRA FROM THE PERIOD 1820-1821,

339

Comparative tables for the loans, 346

ARCHIVAL CODEX A OF SIMONOPETRA, 352

ARCHIVAL CODEX B OF SIMONOPETRA, 399

plates, 546

INDEX, 639