The Early Palaeologan Renaissance 1261 - C. 1360: By Edmund Fryde (Medieval Mediterranean) [Hardcover]

E. B. Fryde (Author)

Book Description

Series: Medieval Mediterranean | Publication Date: June 2000

The Byzantine world underwent a remarkable recovery of intellectual energy in the period following the recovery of Constantinople in 1261. The reaction of the emperors and their entourage of well-educated high officials to their political disasters was a deliberate reivial of the glories of ancient Greek culture. The main subject of this book is the preservation and dissemination by this learned elite of such ancient literature, philosophy and science as still survived then, the development of editorial techniques which resulted in more complete and less corrupt texts, and their improvement buy the addition of commentaries and other innovations.

Editorial Reviews

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'..".a welcome addition to the growing list of publications dedicated to the late Byzantine period, and its breadth will be especially appreciated by undergraduate and beginning post-graduate students, for whom it will supply a good traditional overviewa practical and accessible survey of a too-little studied period, and will be especially helpful for those of us attempting to teach the period to undergraduates. With its publication, Fryde has paved the way for future generations of scholars to consider the period in a more nuanced way.'
Leslie Brubaker, "TMR, 2001.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 423 pages
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub (June 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9004117148
• ISBN-13: 978-9004117143
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,892,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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