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Title

Intellectual routes of the Greeks : through the manuscript and printed book. Volume 1, 13th to mid-16th centuries / K. Sp. Staikos.

Author

Staikos, K.

Publication

• New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

Spathi, Katerina

Description

xxxi, 458 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 29 cm

Summary

"Intellectual Routes of the Greeks explores the role of written documents in the transmission of knowledge and education among the Greek-speaking population and the gradual formation of national conscience, from the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the years preceding the Greek War of Independence of 1821-1829. This is the first volume of the series and deals with the teaching of Greek language and literature in Italy, and later on in Northern Europe, and its crucial place in the humanist movement which developed from the mid-14th century"--

Uniform Title

Pneumatikē poreia tou genous. English

Alternative Title

Pneumatikē poreia tou genous.

Subjects

• Publishers and publishing
• Greece
• Manuscripts, Greek (Medieval and modern)
• Intellectual life
• Publishers and publishing > Greece > History
• 1453-1821
• History
• Greece > Intellectual life > 1453-1821
• Byzantine Empire > Intellectual life

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-429) and index.

Language (note)

• In English, translated from the original Greek.

Contents

By way of introduction -- Acknowledgments. Chapter 1 From the capture of Constantinople in 1204 to the fall of the city in 1453: political and religious liberties, economy, migration : Historical and ideological context -- Byzantine states: The empire of Nicaea -- The empire of Trebizond: Intellectual life -- The library of the Academy -- The despotate of Epirus: Intellectual centres -- The School of Philanthropenon Monastery -- The empire of Thessalonica -- Latin kingdoms: The kingdom of Cyrpus: Venetian rule -- Characteristics of intellectual life -- Mainland Greece -- Principality of Achaea -- The "Catalan plague" -- Venetian territories: Crete -- Euboea, Sprades islands and the "Duchy of the Aegean" -- Dodecanese -- Chios -- Lesbos -- Ionian islands: Corfu -- Cephalonia, Ithaca, Zakynthos -- Lefkada -- Cythera -- Rhodes: the siege and fall of Rhodes (1522) -- Greek presence in Southern Italy and Sicily -- Cultural influence of the Latins in Greece -- Administration and finances in the territories ruled by the Venetians and the Ottomans -- Agricultural and artisanal production: Products -- Animal husbandry -- Trades -- Workforce -- Commerce and shipping: Distant commerce -- Shipping -- Distribution of ethnicities: COlonization -- Armenians -- Ragusians -- Jews -- Albanians -- Romani -- Coins -- Notes. Chapter 2 The transmission of Greek language and literature in Italy : Greek letters in the West: The teaching of Greek -- Education -- Palaeologan education: Education and publishing programme -- The humanistic school of Guarino Veronese -- Humanist philosophy -- The translators' movement in Italy -- The Catholic Museum at Constantinople -- The discovery of Greek manuscripts during the Renaissance -- The contribution of Greek codex copyists to humanist education -- Discontinuity in the teaching of Chrysoloras -- Council of Ferrara-Florence (1437-1439) -- Revival of the dispute between Platonists and Aristotelians in Italy -- The intellectual circle of Pope Nicholas V -- The Despotate of Moreas: Intellectual activity -- Pletho, the school and the book activity surrounding him -- Bessarion's Academy -- Religious humanism -- Notes. Chapter 3 Centres of Greek book publishing in Italy : Greek works translated into Latin in the early printing era -- Appeals of Greek scholars for a new Crusade -- The linguistic and philological question: Grammars as tools for learning Greek -- Dictionaries -- Reservations towards the printed book in East and West -- Origins of Greek printing: The first Greek printer -- The Cretan clergymen and editors -- The first printing press owned by Greeks -- Greek type -- Ont he printed first edition (Editio princeps) -- Greeks at the University of Padua: The teaching of Thomaeus -- Censorship -- The Greek university textbook -- Dedications and prologues to the editions -- Greek letters in Rome -- The role of Kalliergis in the circulation of Greek books in Rome -- Ideology of the alumni of the Greek college of Rome: The case of Nikolaos Loukanis -- Angelos Fortias -- Nikolaos Sophianos -- The first "theological" book in the vernacular: I. Kartanos -- Andronikos Noukios -- Antonios Eparchos -- Iakovos Trivolis -- Dimitrios Zinos -- Matthaios Devaris -- Epigrams -- Revival of earlier literary forms -- Notes. Chapter 4 The propagation of Greek studies in Northern Europe : Paris: the greatest humanist centre of the North -- Laskaris, apostle of Greek spirit in the North -- The church of France and ancient literature -- Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples: his lectures on Aristotle -- The French critical outlook vis-a-vis Greek and Latin literature -- The great chapter of Greek printing in France -- The Greek editions of Staphenus (1545-1551) -- The position of Angelos Vergikios in the Court of France -- The Royal Library of France -- Greek letters in Spain: Dimitrios Doukas -- From Paris to Geneva:a book centre and a bastion of the Reformation -- Major printing houses of Geneva: Stephanus and Crespin -- The problem of manuscripts -- Erasmus's edition of the New Testament -- Greek letters in Germany -- Notes. Chapter 5 The organization of Orthodoxy in East and West : Organization of the Greeks on the ecclesiastical plane -- Relations between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches -- Theological tradition in the Orthodox East: The Patriarchal School -- The Scholarchs -- The Patriarchate: administration and finances -- Athos: a Christian community, refuge of the faithful and ark of the Greek intellectual tradition: Organization of the monasteries -- Legal status -- Beginnings of regeneration -- Spiritual tradition -- Theological questions -- Codex-copying workshops -- Libraries on Mount Athos -- The Greek community of Venice -- Religious freedom -- The Greek Brotherhood -- Notes. Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Indexes: Index of persons and subjects -- Index of place names.

Call Number

JFF 19-2584

ISBN

• 9781584563846
• 1584563842

OCLC

1128884272

Author

Staikos, K., author.

Title

Intellectual routes of the Greeks : through the manuscript and printed book. Volume 1, 13th to mid-16th centuries / K. Sp. Staikos.

Publisher

New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Edition

First English edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-429) and index.

Language

In English, translated from the original Greek.

Chronological Term

1453-1821

Added Author

Spathi, Katerina, translator.

Research Call Number

JFF 19-2584