Keywords: Monasticism, Chalkidiki, Athos, village communities, Byzantine taxation, Proathos district
Λέξεις κλειδιά: Χαλκιδική, Άγιον Όρος, κοινότητες χωρικών, βυζαντινή φορολογία, Προάθως περιοχή
Summary
Following the re-establishment of the Cult of Images in 843, the Bithynian Olympus (present-day Uludağ, Turkey) became the site of so many monastic settlements that it was all but impossible for the ascetics there to find true solitude. Therefore, they set their sights on Mount Athos in
