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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael Malone-Lee
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 22.12.2023
• EAN: 9781032442402
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3244240-2
• Pagine: 210
• Serie: Studies in Medieval History and Culture
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; 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