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Monahismul ortodox, între ideologie, societate și individ. Ctitoria religioasă în societatea romnească premodernă
Orthodox Monasticism Between Ideology, Society and the Individual. The Religious Foundation in Pre-Modern Romanian Society

Author(s): Carmen Alexandrache
Subject(s): History
Published by: Asociația de Istorie Balcanică

Summary/Abstract: Our approach shows the phenomenon of religious founder, from the perspective of the importance for the person. Starting from 17th situation in Moldova and Wallachia, we found that raising and endowment monasteries were forms of representation of individuality, for keeping on its image in the collective memory. These findings may become research directions of the development of society as a stage crossing to modernity.

  • Issue Year: 2/2013
  • Issue No: 6 (3)
  • Page Range: 5-20
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English