The Byzantine Hellene

ISBN-13: 9781108727952 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 493 str.

Massachusetts) Angelov Dimiter (Harvard University

Opis

Tells the story of Theodore Laskaris, a thirteenth-century Byzantine emperor, imaginative philosopher, and ideologue of Hellenism.

Recenzje

'… [The Byzantine Hellene] is a deeply impressive piece of work demonstrating a detailed grasp of the surviving sources. It is elegantly and engagingly written, blending a strong sense of narrative progression and geopolitical context with the life and works of this remarkable individual … this book is in the happy situation of possessing both the authority of a major scholarly monograph and the accessibility of a work of history suitable for the general reader.' Nicholas Morton, Nottingham Medieval Studies

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Byzantium in exile; 2. 'The Holy Land, my mother Anatolia'; 3. 'I was brought up as usual for a royal child'; 4. Pursuit of learning; 5. Power-sharing; 6. Friends, foes, and politics; 7. Elena and the embassy of the Marquis; 8. Sole emperor of the Romans; 9. The philosopher; 10. The proponent of Hellenism; Epilogue; Appendix I: the chronology of the works of Theodore Laskaris; Appendix II: chronology of the letters; Appendix III: the mystery illness; Appendix IV: the manuscript portraits; Appendix V: the burial sarcophagus.