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A Companion to the Intellectual Life of the Palaeologan Period
Contents
Acknowledgments
Maps
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Intellectual Life in the Palaeologan Period: Persons, Genres and Trends
1 Renaissance or Not Renaissance?
2 The Role of the Women
3 Manuscripts and the Role of Thessaloniki
4 Sciences and Curriculum
Bibliography
1 The “Legacy” of Aphthonios, Hermogenes and Pseudo-Menander: Aspects of Byzantine Rhetoric under the Palaiologoi
1 Introduction
2 The Flourishing of Rhetoric: Prerequisites and General Characteristics
3 Theory of Rhetoric, Rhetorical Manuscripts and Exercises
4 Practical Uses of Rhetoric: Imperial Orations
5 Practical Uses of Rhetoric: Funeral Orations
6 Encomia/Ekphraseis of Cities
7 The “Revival” of the Genos Symbouleutikon
8 Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
2 Intellectual Pursuits for Their Own Sake
1 The Byzantine Disposition towards Knowledge
2 Theodore Metochites: The Statesman and the Study of Astronomy
3 John Zacharias: Τhe Court Physician and the Study of Astrology
4 Gregory Chioniades: The Physician and the Study of Persian Astrology
5 Demetrios Kydones: Τhe Statesman and the Study of Western Philosophical Thought
6 Manuel Palaiologos: The Emperor and Literary Finesse and Composition
Bibliography
3 Continuity and Evolution in Autobiographical Literature
1 The Past
2 The Autobiographer
3 Titles of Autobiographies and Their Evolution
4 Self-Contained Autobiographies
4.1 Gregory II of Cyprus
4.2 Demetrios Kydones
5 Autobiographical Prefaces
5.1 Theodore Metochites
5.2 Joseph Rhakendytes
6 In Search of a Master
7 Autobiographical Confessions
8 Autobiographical Poems
9 Autobiographical Prefaces in Testaments and Typika
9.1 Michael VIII Palaiologos and the Typikon of Kellibara Monastery
9.2 Theodora Synadene (Typikon for the Convent of Bebaia Elpis)
9.3 Patriarch Matthew I
Bibliography
4 Writing the History of Decline
1 Historiography from Nicaea to Constantinople
2 George Akropolites: The Historian of the Laskarids of Nicaea
3 George Pachymeres: How Asia Minor Was Lost
4 Nikephoros Gregoras: On Civil Wars, Social Strife and Hesychasm
5 John Kantakouzenos: A Reluctant Emperor and His History
6 The Historiographic Gap
7 Byzantium on the Eve of the Fall. Stories of Defeat and Discord
8 Michael Kritoboulos: The Sultan’s Historian
9 Michael Doukas: A Dispassionate Critic
10 George Sphrantzes: A Diary in the Form of a Chronicle
11 Laonikos Chalkokondyles: The Rise and Expansion of the Ottoman State
12 But What Can We Say by Way of Conclusion?
Bibliography
5 Spirituality and Emotion: Poetic Trends in the Palaeologan Period
1 Poetry and Rhetoric
2 Poetry for the Court and the Powerful Aristocracy
3 Manuel Philes and the Art of the Epigram
4 Theodore Metochites: Autobiography or Introspection?
5 Poetry in the Service of the Church
5.1 Hymnography
5.2 Metrical Prefaces for Public Performance
5.3 Metrical Calendars
5.4 Poetry in the Service of Polemic Theology
6 Poetry for Teaching Purposes
6.1 Didactic and Admonitory Poems
6.2 Alphabets and Ascetic Kephalaia
6.3 Allegorical Poems
7 Rewriting the Past
8 Verse Chronicles
9 Pamphlets and Satirical Poems
10 Vernacular Romances
Bibliography
6 Epistolography, Social Exchange and Intellectual Discourse (1261–1453)
1 Byzantine Epistolography: Forms, Functions, and Transmission
2 Social Exchange and Intellectual Discourse: Notes on Theory and Terminology
3 A Microcosm: Letters within the Constantinopolitan Intellectual Elite (1261–1321)
4 The Dynamics of Crisis and Change: Epistolography and Intellectual Discourse during the Period of Civil Wars (1321–1391)
5 Caught in the Middle: Epistolography and Intellectual Discourse in the Last Decades of the Byzantine Empire (1391–1453)
6 The End? Afterword on the Fate of Greek Letter-Writing after 1453
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
7 The Reappropriation of Philosophy in the Palaeologan Period
1 Introduction: Philosophy ‘Re-Hellenised’
2 Making Philosophy Accessible: Ancient Texts and Byzantine Commentaries
3 The Actuality of Philosophy
4 The Rehabilitation(s) of Plato and Aristotle
Bibliography
8 Κόσμου θεωρία: Cosmic Vision and Its Significance in the Works of Theodore Metochites and Other Contemporary Intellectuals
1 Introduction
2 The Motif of Nature in the Works of Metochites: The Well-Ordained Universe and Its Contemplation
3 Metochites’ Byzantios: A Defence of the Contemplation of Nature
4 Nature and Fortune: Two Opposite Powers Determining Man’s Life
5 “To Be or Not to Be”: The Somewhat Ambiguous Answer of Metochites
6 The Value of the Contemplation of the World according to Metochites’ Contemporaries
Bibliography
9 Monasticism and Intellectual Trends in Late Byzantium
1 Monastic Centers in Asia Minor
2 Monastic Centers Outside Asia Minor
2.1 Athos
2.2 Meteora
2.3 Macedonia
2.4 Thrace
3 The Spiritual Role of the Monasteries in the Cities
3.1 Constantinople
3.2 Thessaloniki
Bibliography
10 The Hesychast Controversy: Events, Personalities, Texts and Trends
1 Introduction
2 The Beginnings of the Controversy (1334–1340)
3 The Further Development of the Crisis and the Controversy between Palamas and Akindynos (1341–1347)
4 The Involvement of Nikephoros Gregoras and the Council of 1351
5 The Aftermath
6 The Basic Ideas of the Protagonists
6.1 Gregory Palamas and the Patristic Background of His Teaching
6.2 Barlaam of Calabria
6.3 Gregory Akindynos
6.4 Nikephoros Gregoras
7 Lesser Figures
7.1 The Followers of Palamas
7.1.1 A Special Case: Nicholas Kabasilas
7.1.2 The Anti-Palamites
8 Conclusion
Bibliography
11 Working in the Imperial and Patriarchal Chanceries
1 Introductory Background
2 Chanceries in the Service of Rhetoric and Ideology
2.1 Prefaces to Documents as Expressions of Intellectual Production
3 Officials and Intellectuals in the Imperial and Patriarchal Chanceries
3.1 The Imperial Chancery
3.2 The Patriarchal Chancery
Bibliography
12 Public and Private Libraries in Byzantium
1 Imperial Library
2 The Patriarchal Library and the Library of Hagia Sophia
3 Monastery Libraries
4 Private Libraries
Bibliography
General Bibliography
Primary Sources
Secondary Literature
Index of Manuscripts and Documents
Index of Places
General Index