Constantinople and the West: Essays on the Late Byzantine (Palaeologan) and Italian Renaissances and the Byzantine and Roman Churches by Deno John Geanakoplos - 1989-09-15

University of Wisconsin Press, 9/15/1989 12:00:01 A. paperback. Very Good. 0.8661 in x 8.8976 in x 5.9843 in.

Madison:: University of Wisconsin Press,. As New. 1989. Paperback. 0299118843 . Paperback. As new in illustrated wraps. Still in original shrinkwrap. .

University of Wisconsin Press, September 1989. Paper Back. New. These essays on the influence of Byzantine thinkers on the Italian Renaissance and on relations between Constantinople and Rome deserve wider circulation among a general readership, enlarging as they do our understanding of a crucial epoch in the relations between the West and the Orthodox East: the period of the Great Schism and the failed attempts at reunion. Geanakoplos, Emeritus Professor of Byzantine, Italian Renaissance, and Orthodox Church History at Yale University, is concerned not only with theological issues, but also cultural and intellectual currents between Western and Eastern Christian civilizations during the period.CONTENTS: PART I: The Byzantine Palaeologan ''Renaissance'' and Italian Renaissance Humanism. Italian Renaissance Thought and Learning and the Role of the Byzantine Emigre Scholars - A Reevaluation of the Influences of Byzantine Scholars on the Development of the Studia Humanitatis - Theodore… Read More

Madison WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989 Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Pbk.Ed... " The glory of the Italian Renaissance came not only from Europe's Latin heritage, but also from the rich legacy of another renaissance - the Palaeologan of late Byzantium. This nexus of Byzantine and Latin cultural and ecclesiastical relations in the Renaissance and Medieval periods is the underlying theme of the diverse and far-ranging essays in ""Constantinople and the West"". Addressing the disputed, provocative question of Palaeologan influence on Italian Renaissance humanism, the author systematically demonstrates that Byzantine scholars were not merely transmitters of ancient Greek writings to the West. More significantly, the Byzantine emigre scholars in Italy, through their intimate knowledge of the Alexandrian and Byzantine traditions, alone were able to unlock and authentically interpret the more difficult texts of Aristotle, Plato, Hermogenes, and other Greek thinkers.… Read More

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Univ of Wisconsin Pr, 1989. Paperback. New. 326 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. The nexus of Byzantine and Latin cultural and ecclesiastical relations in the Renaissance and Medieval periods is the underlying theme of the essays in this volume.

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