Greece reinvented : : transformations of Byzantine Hellenism in Renaissance Italy / / by Han Lamers.
Greece Reinvented discusses the transformation of Byzantine Hellenism as the cultural elite of Byzantium, displaced to Italy, constructed it. It explores why and how Byzantine migrants such as Cardinal Bessarion, Ianus Lascaris, and Giovanni Gemisto adopted Greek personas to replace traditional Byza...
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| Superior document: | Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, Volume 247 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2015. ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
Volume 247. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (410 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 A Hellenic Alternative: The Emergence of Greekness in Byzantium
- 2 Making the Best of It: The Negotiation of Greekness in Italy
- 3 Freedom and Community: The Secular Greekness of Cardinal Bessarion
- 4 The Greek Tradition as a Combat Zone: Hellenocentrism in the Work of George Trapezuntius of Crete
- 5 Greekness as Cultural Common Ground: Ianus Lascaris’ Attempt at Greco-Latin Ecumenism
- 6 Greekness Without Greece: Michele Tarcaniota Marullo and Manilio Cabacio Rallo
- 7 The Territorialisation of Hellenism: Giovanni Gemisto’s Vision of the Greek World
- Conclusion: Greece Reinvented
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index.