The Byzantine Hellene : the life of Emperor Theodore Laskaris and Byzantium in the thirteenth century / Dimiter Angelov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Angelov, Dimiter, 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1258.

Theodore.

Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1258--Political and social views.

Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1258--Criticism and interpretation.

Hellenism.

History.

Intellectuals.

Philosophers.

Kings and rulers.

Criticism and interpretation.

Political and social views.

Nicaea (Turkey)--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Nicaea (Turkey).

Byzantine Empire--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Byzantine Empire.

Philosophers--Byzantine Empire--Biography.

Intellectuals--Byzantine Empire--Biography.

Hellenism--History--To 1500.

Byzantine Empire--History--1081-1453.

Turkey--Nicaea.

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 441 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"This book tells the extraordinary story of Theodore II Laskaris, an emperor who ruled over the Byzantine state of Nicaea established in Asia Minor after the fall of Constantinople to the crusaders in 1204. Theodore Laskaris was a man of literary talent and keen intellect. His action-filled life, youthful mentality, anxiety about communal identity (Anatolian, Roman, and Hellenic), ambitious reforms cut short by an early death, and thoughts and feelings are all reconstructed on the basis of his rich and varied writings. His original philosophy, also explored here, led him to a critique of scholasticism in the West, a mathematically inspired theology, and a political vision of Hellenism. A personal biography, a ruler's biography, and an intellectual biography, this highly illustrated book opens a vista onto the eastern Mediterranean, Anatolia, and the Balkans in the thirteenth century, as seen from the vantage point of a key political actor and commentator"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Byzantium in exile

"The Holy Land, my mother Anatolia"

"I was brought up as usual for a royal child"

Pursuit of learning

Power-sharing

Friends, foes, and politics

Elena and the embassy of the Marquis

Sole emperor of the Romans

The philosopher

The proponent of Hellenism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781108480710

1108480713

9781108727952

1108727956

OCLC:

1055458797