On the Beliefs of the Greeks ─ Leo Allatios and Popular Orthodoxy

Perhaps because Allatios (1586-1669) was not a particularly original writer, says Hartnup; his writings are not deeply studied nor widely known to modern scholarship, though he stood at the center of ecclesiastical, humanistic, and medical circles and provides a unique insight into the intersection of these fields. He was born in Chios to an Orthodox father, but converted to Catholicism after he went to Rome to study, and his most famous work emphasizes the historical connection between the two branches of Christianity, which matches well with her particular specialty in popular Orthodoxy and the relationship between Orthodoxy and Catholicism in Byzantine and post-Byzantine periods. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Karen Hartnup, Ph.D. (2000) in History, University of Edinburgh researches into popular Orthodoxy and the relationship between Orthodoxy and Catholicism in the Byzantine and post Byzantine periods.