Cardinal Bessarion (1403-1472) : Most Latin of Greeks, Most Greek of Latins (Studies in Medieval History and Culture)

Malone-Lee, Michael

Routledge（2023/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 210 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781032442402
• DDC分類 282.092

Full Description

Cardinal Bessarion was a towering figure in the fifteenth-century Renaissance. His life spanned the century. In his sixty-nine years of life, he was a stellar student, a Basilian monk, a Greek Orthodox archbishop, a Roman cardinal, a papal diplomat, and an eminent humanist and scholar.

Cardinal Bessarion's life and career were shaped by the tidal wave of the advance of the Ottoman Turks towards the West and by the centuries-old tension between the Orthodox East and the Latin West. He made a significant impact in both these areas. His long-term legacy is his contribution to the revival of classical learning in the Renaissance.

This biography presents Cardinal Bessarion in his time, exploring his personal perspective on his times and experience. It will be of interest to anybody with an interest in the European Renaissance and to specialists in Christian/Islamic relations in the period, the theological tensions between the Latin West and the Greek East, and the history of scholarship.

Contents

Introduction / From Trebizond to Byzantium / The Road to Florence / The Roman Years / Legate in Bologna / The Threat of the Ottoman Turks / Last Years / Scholar and Humanist / Bibliography