Title: The Cambridge intellectual history of Byzantium /
Authors: Kaldellis, Anthony,; Siniossoglou, Niketas,
Year: 2017
Subjects: Geistesleben.; HISTORY / Europe / General.; Intellectual life; Byzantinisches Reich; Byzantine Empire Intellectual life.; Byzantine Empire History.; Byzantine Empire
Abstract: "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"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Introduction / Anthony Kaldellis and Niketas Siniossoglou -- Part I. The Transmission of Knowledge, 1. Institutional settings : the court, schools, church, and monasteries / Jonathan Harris -- 2. Byzantine books / Inmaculada Prez Martn -- 3. Questions and answers / Stephanos Efthymiades -- 4. Classical scholarship : the Byzantine contribution / Eleanor Dickey -- 5. Intellectual exchanges with the Arab world / Dimitris Gutas, Anthony Kaldellis and Brian Long -- Part II. Sciences of the Word. 6. Rhetoric and rhetorical theory / Stratis Papaioannou -- 7. Byzantine literary criticism and the classical heritage / Manolis Bourbouhakis -- 8. Theories of art / Charles Barber -- 9. Legal thought / Bernard Stolte -- Part III. Sciences of the World. 10. Conceptions of science in Byzantium / Dominic O'Meara -- 11. Astronomy / Anne Tihon -- 12. Astrology / Paul Magdalino -- 13. Magic and the occult sciences / Richard Greenfield -- 14. Alchemy / Gerasimos Merianos -- 15. Medical thought and practice / Timothy S. Miller -- Part IV. Philosophy and Theology in Middle Byzantium. 16. Philosophy and Byzantine philosophy / Dimitris Gutas and Niketas Siniossoglou -- 17. The formation of the Patristic Tradition / John A. McGuckin -- Section 1. Platonic Themes. 18. The Byzantine reception of Neoplatonism / Tuomo Lankila -- 19. Platonism from Maximos the Confessor to the Palaiologan period / Andrew Louth -- 20. Fate, free choice, and divine providence from the Neoplatonists to John of Damascus / Ken Parry -- Section 2. Aristotelian Themes. 21. Logic in Byzantium / Christophe Erismann -- 22. The presence of Aristotle in Byzantine theology / David Bradshaw -- 23. Reading and commenting on Aristotle / Michele Trizio -- Section 3. Individuals in Context. 24. Maximos the Confessor / Phil Booth -- 25. John of Damascus' philosophy of the individual and the theology of icons / Anna Zhyrkova -- 26. Michael Psellos / David Jenkins --