Education and Learning in Byzantine Thessalonike.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pontani, Filippomaria.

Series:

Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes Series

Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes Series ; v.164

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byzantine Empire.

Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2024.

Summary:

This book explores the history of education and intellectual life in Byzantine Thessalonike, focusing on various periods from the 10th to the 14th centuries. It examines the role of prominent figures such as Michael Mitylenaios and Eustathios, and the cultural and educational institutions that existed in the city. The book aims to provide insights into the political and pedagogical significance of Thessalonike in the Byzantine Empire, making it a valuable resource for scholars and students of Byzantine history and culture. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Contents

List of Figures

Ἤσουνα, σβεῖς, ξαναγεννιέσαι: Paideia in Thessalonike Across the Centuries

Michael Mitylenaios, Metropolitan of Thessalonike (11th c.), and His Unknown Hagiographical Work [BHG 789b]

Eustathios’ Account of the Capture of Thessalonike by the Normans as Instruction in Political Education (paideia)

Between Thessalonike and Constantinople: The Intellectual Life of Thessalonike in the Epistolography of the Palaeologan Era

The Hagiology of Thessalonike in the Schedographic Production of John Pediasimos

The Schedographers of Thessalonike in the Late Byzantine Period: The Example of Demetrios (?) Staphidakes

Written Culture and Intellectual Circles during the Palaeologan Age: Once more on Demetrios Triklinios and His Friends

“ὀνομάτων ἀττικῶν ἐκλογὴ οἷς οἱ δοκιμώτατοι χρῶνται τῶν παλαιῶν καί τινες αὐτῶν παρασημειώσεις καὶ διαφοραὶ πρὸς ἄλληλα κυροῦ Θωμᾶ τοῦ μαγίστρου”: Preliminary Remarks

Glosses and Scholia signo lunae praeposito to Pindar’s Odes in the Ms. Athos Lavrae K A 52

Eruditi Thessalonicenses in the Entourage of Manuel II Palaiologos: Education and Learning in the Second City of the Empire — Research Data and Desiderata

The Synopsis of the Kanonikon of John the Faster by Matthew Blastares: An Unconventional “Reading” from the Byzantine Periphery

Collecting Books in Thessalonike: Manuel Tarchaneiotes Boullotes from Greece to Italy

List of Contributors

Index Librorum Manu Scriptorum

General Index

Index Locorum Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9783111429410

3111429415

OCLC:

1432209645