La diaspora greca e i suoi sodali fra penisola italiana e gran principato di Mosca da Sofia Paleologa a Massimo il Greco
Journal: Firenze University Press eBooks
Year: 2024

In the aftermath of the fall of Constantinople, the political and cultural elite of the Byzantine Empire, who had chosen the path of exile, did everything in their power to encourage Europe to oppose Ottoman expansion in arms. At the same time, the Greek diaspora undertook a complex operation to preserve the Byzantine cultural heritage. Their activity in the West gave a boost to the cultural renewal promoted by humanism through the rediscovery of the roots of classical thought and science, but a