The Twilight of Byzantium : : Political, Spiritual, and Cultural Life in Byzantium during the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries / / ed. by Doula Mouriki, Slobodan Curcic.
The centuries-long economic and military decline of the Byznatine Empire, which culminated in its political disappearance as a state in 1459, was, paradoxically, accompanied by high levels of cultural achievement. Aimed at broadening our understanding of the final phase of the empire, this collectio...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019] ©1991 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Notes on Contributors
- List of Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Byzantine Cultural Self-Consciousness in the Fifteenth Century
- Old Wine in New Bottles: The Rewriting of Saints' Lives in the Palaeologan Period
- Theoleptos of Philadelphia (ca. 1250-1322): From Solitary to Activist
- Manuel II Palaeologos and His Müderris
- Aspects of Monastic Patronage in Palaeologan Macedonia
- Constantinople, Bithynia, and Regional Developments in Later Palaeologan Architecture
- The Frescoes of the Parekklesion of St. Euthymios in Thessaloniki: Patrons, Workshops and Style
- The Palaeologan Refectory Program at Apollonia
- Diversity in Fresco Painting of the Mid-Fourteenth Century: The Case of Lesnovo
- The Wall Paintings of the Pantanassa at Mistra: Models of a Painters' Workshop in the Fifteenth Century
- Late Byzantine Loca Sancta? Some Questions Regarding the Form and Function of Epitaphioi
- Index