A Companion to the Intellectual Life of the Palaeologan Period.

• Superior document: Brill's Companions to the Byzantine World
• Author: Kotzabassi, Sofia.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2022.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Companions to the Byzantine World
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (531 pages)

"What was happening in Byzantium as the Turks drew ever closer to Constantinople and an interest in classical Greek studies had been rekindled in the West? What was the role of the Byzantine scholars in an Empire facing multiple political and economic problems, and what were the matters that engaged them? What was the importance of teachers, libraries and monasteries to the so-called Palaeologan Renaissance, and what the significance of the theological disputes? These questions and more are addressed in the twelve essays authored by international experts of this Companion, which advances our understanding of the intellectual milieux, trends, and achievements of the Palaeologan period"--Page 4 of cover

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: Intellectual Life in the Palaeologan Period: Persons, Genres and Trends -- Chapter 1 The "Legacy" of Aphthonios, Hermogenes and Pseudo-Menander: Aspects of Byzantine Rhetoric under the Palaiologoi -- Chapter 2 Intellectual Pursuits for Their Own Sake -- Chapter 3 Continuity and Evolution in Autobiographical Literature -- Chapter 4 Writing the History of Decline -- Chapter 5 Spirituality and Emotion: Poetic Trends in the Palaeologan Period -- Chapter 6 Epistolography, Social Exchange and Intellectual Discourse (1261-1453) -- Chapter 7 The Reappropriation of Philosophy in the Palaeologan Period -- Chapter 8 Κόσμου θεωρία: Cosmic Vision and Its Significance in the Works of Theodore Metochites and Other Contemporary Intellectuals -- Chapter 9 Monasticism and Intellectual Trends in Late Byzantium -- Chapter 10 The Hesychast Controversy: Events, Personalities, Texts and Trends -- Chapter 11 Working in the Imperial and Patriarchal Chanceries -- Chapter 12 Public and Private Libraries in Byzantium -- General Bibliography -- Index of Manuscripts and Documents -- Index of Places -- General Index.