The Isles of Great Silence. Monastic Life on Lake Scutari under the Patronage of the Balšićs
Abstract
At the time Zeta was ruled by the local lords of the Balšić family, in the late fourteenth and the first half of the fifteenth century, the islets in Lake Scutari (Skadarsko jezero) in Zeta were lively centres of monastic life. The paper looks at the forms of monastic life as suggested by the spatial organization and architecture of the monastic complexes founded by the Balšićs, and by the surviving written sources. The most important documentary source is the correspondence between Jelena Balšić and her spiritual father, Nikon, preserved in the manuscript known as Gorički zbornik (Gorica Collection). The letters show that Lake Scutari was a centre of monasticism touched by hesychast-inspired spirituality where both the eremitic and coenobitic ways of life were practised.
Keywords:
Lake Scutari / monasteries / monasticism / Jelena Balšić / Nikon the Jerusalemite / Gorica Collection (Gorički zbornik)Source:
Balcanica, 2012, XLIII, 81-116Publisher:
- Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Балканолошки институт САНУ / Institute for Balkan Studies SASATY - JOUR AU - Tomić Đurić, Marka D. PY - 2012 UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/4337 AB - At the time Zeta was ruled by the local lords of the Balšić family, in the late fourteenth and the first half of the fifteenth century, the islets in Lake Scutari (Skadarsko jezero) in Zeta were lively centres of monastic life. The paper looks at the forms of monastic life as suggested by the spatial organization and architecture of the monastic complexes founded by the Balšićs, and by the surviving written sources. The most important documentary source is the correspondence between Jelena Balšić and her spiritual father, Nikon, preserved in the manuscript known as Gorički zbornik (Gorica Collection). The letters show that Lake Scutari was a centre of monasticism touched by hesychast-inspired spirituality where both the eremitic and coenobitic ways of life were practised. PB - Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts T2 - Balcanica T1 - The Isles of Great Silence. Monastic Life on Lake Scutari under the Patronage of the Balšićs SP - 81 EP - 116 IS - XLIII DO - 10.2298/BALC1243081T UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4337 ER -
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Tomić Đurić, M. D.. (2012). The Isles of Great Silence. Monastic Life on Lake Scutari under the Patronage of the Balšićs. in Balcanica Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.(XLIII), 81-116. https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1243081T https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4337
Tomić Đurić MD. The Isles of Great Silence. Monastic Life on Lake Scutari under the Patronage of the Balšićs. in Balcanica. 2012;(XLIII):81-116. doi:10.2298/BALC1243081T https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4337 .
Tomić Đurić, Marka D., "The Isles of Great Silence. Monastic Life on Lake Scutari under the Patronage of the Balšićs" in Balcanica, no. XLIII (2012):81-116, https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1243081T ., https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4337 .