| The Byzantine Hellene: The Life of Emperor Theodore Laskaris and Byzantium in the Thirteenth Century Contributor(s): Angelov, Dimiter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108480713 ISBN-13: 9781108480710 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | Byzantine Empire - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2018057973 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.8" W x 9.7" (2.55 lbs) 460 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Turkey - Cultural Region - Balkan - Cultural Region - Mediterranean |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Angelov, Dimiter: - Dimiter Angelov is Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History at Harvard University, Massachusetts. His publications include Imperial Ideology and Political Thought in Byzantium, 1204-1330 (Cambridge, 2007) and Church and Society in Late Byzantium (edited, 2009). |