Orthodox Devotion and the Age of Print: Agapios Landos as an Early Modern Publisher

Kovalenko, Illia
(2026) Revue d’histoire ecclésiastique — (2026)

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(en) This study provides an analytical framework that connects the history of Orthodox Christianity with the history of the book, aiming to bring Greek vernacular devotional books to the scholarly forefront. This article critically examines how print culture shaped Orthodox theological discourse, devotional writing practices, and spiritual instruction in the 17th century within the framework of the social and cultural history of religion. The analysis draws on case studies centred on Agapios Landos (1595-1657), a Cretan religious writer famous for his prolific editorial activities. The “cultural revolution of the print” changed the way Landos conceived and edited devotional texts, creating a new space for intertextuality and cultural negotiations.
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Kovalenko, I. (2026). Orthodox Devotion and the Age of Print: Agapios Landos as an Early Modern Publisher. Revue d’histoire ecclésiastique. Accepted/in-press. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/271783 (Original work published 2026)