Binding: Hardcover
Description: This volume brings into being the field of Byzantine intellectual history. Shifting focus from the cultural social and economic study of Byzantium to the life and evolution of ideas in their context it provides an authoritative history of intellectual endeavors from Late Antiquity to the fifteenth century. At its heart lie the transmission transformation and shifts of Hellenic Christian and Byzantine ideas and concepts as exemplified in diverse aspects of intellectual life from philosophy theology and rhetoric to astrology astronomy and politics. Case studies introduce the major players in Byzantine intellectual life and particular emphasis is placed on the reception of ancient thought and its significance for secular as well as religious modes of thinking and acting. New insights are offered regarding controversial understudied or promising topics of research such as philosophy and medical thought in Byzantium and intellectual exchanges with the Arab world.
Title: The Cambridge Intellectual History Of Byzantium
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781107041813
Pages: 798 Pages
Publication Date: 12/28/2017
Category: Early History: C 500 To C 1450/1500