Cardinal Bessarion (14031472) - Most Latin of Greeks, Most Greek of Latins

This biography presents Cardinal Bessarion in his time and explores his personal perspective on his times and experience.

List of 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

About the author

Michael Malone-Lee took an undergraduate degree in classics at Oxford University. He had a career of nearly thirty years in the British civil service where he served in senior positions in several departments of state. He later became Vice Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University. In retirement he returned to classics and did a doctorate at Oxford University on Cardinal Bessarion and the transmission of Plato in the fifteenth century. Until recently he was teaching undergraduates Latin and Greek.

Summary

This biography presents Cardinal Bessarion in his time and explores his personal perspective on his times and experience.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Malone-Lee
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.12.2023
• EAN: 9781032442402
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3244240-2
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Byzantine Empire, History of Religion, Medieval History, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Byzantine Empire, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance