Norman Russell is Honorary Research Fellow of St Stephen’s House, University of Oxford. His previous publications include The Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition (Oxford, 2004) and Gregory Palamas and the Making of Palamism in the Modern Age (Oxford, 2019).

• General Introduction1. Byzantium in the Mid-Fourteenth Century2. The Hesychast Controversy3. The Main Characteristics of Palamite Theology4. Palamas in Captivity among the Turks5. A Contested Saint6. The Reception of Palamas7. Texts and EditionsI. The Life of Gregory Palamas by Philotheos Kokkinos II. The Synodal Tomos of 1341 III. Letters from Prison in Constantinople1. To John Gabras2. To Philotheos 3. To Bessarion4. To the Empress Anna IV. The Synodal Tomos of 1347 and Related Documents1. The Synodal Tomos of February 13472. The Prostagma of John VI Kantakouzenos of March 13473. The Anti-Palamite Tomos of July 1347 V. The Synodal Tomos of 1351 VI. Palamas in Captivity among the Turks1. Letter to his Church2. The Debate with the Chionai3. Letter to an Unknown Recipient VII. The Synodal Tomos of 1368 GlossaryBibliographyIndexes

‘This very careful work, endowed with clear translations, well introduced and annotated... will render the greatest service both to researchers and to students’ Marie-Hélène Blanchet, Revue des Études Byzantines (translated from French)