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The Byzantine Hellene : the life of Emperor Theodore Laskaris and Byzantium in the thirteenth century
- Title
- The Byzantine Hellene : the life of Emperor Theodore Laskaris and Byzantium in the thirteenth century / Dimiter Angelov, Harvard University, Massachusetts.
- Author
- Angelov, Dimiter, 1972-
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- ©2019
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 19-2411 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xx, 441 pages, 32 pages of plates : color illustrations, maps, genealogical table; 26 cm
- 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"--
- Subjects
- Philosophers
- Byzantine Empire
- Hellenism
- Intellectuals
- History
- Kings and rulers
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Turkey > Nicaea
- Philosophers > Byzantine Empire > Biography
- Nicaea (Turkey) > Kings and rulers > Biography
- Byzantine Empire > Kings and rulers > Biography
- Hellenism > History > To 1500
- Theodore > II Lascaris, > Emperor of Nicaea, > 1222-1258 > Criticism and interpretation
- To 1500
- Biographies
- Intellectuals > Byzantine Empire > Biography
- Byzantine Empire > History > 1081-1453
- Political and social views
- Theodore > II Lascaris, > Emperor of Nicaea, > 1222-1258 > Political and social views
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-429) and index.
- Contents
- Byzantium in exile -- "The Holy Land, my mother Anatolia" -- "I was raised 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.
- Call Number
- JFF 19-2411
- ISBN
- 9781108480710
- 1108480713
- 9781108727952
- 1108727956
- LCCN
- 2018057973
- 40029360637
- OCLC
- 1055458797
- Author
- Angelov, Dimiter, 1972- author.
- Title
- The Byzantine Hellene : the life of Emperor Theodore Laskaris and Byzantium in the thirteenth century / Dimiter Angelov, Harvard University, Massachusetts.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-429) and index.
- Chronological Term
- To 1500
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40029360637
- Research Call Number
- JFF 19-2411