Sylvester Syropoulos on Politics and Culture in the Fifteenth-Century Mediterranean Themes and Problems in the Memoirs, Section IV |
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Editor:
| Andriopoulou, Vera Panou, Eirini Cunningham, Mary B. Kondyli, Fotini |
Series title: | Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies |
ISBN: | 978-1-4094-3966-0 |
Publication Date: | May 2014 |
Publisher: | Routledge
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $175.00 |
Book Description:
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The contributors of this volume take the Memoirs of Slyvester Syropoulos, written by a Byzantine ecclesiastical official in the fifteenth century, as their starting point in reconstructing Mediterranean living conditions and artistic and commercial exchange in the late Middle Ages. Syropoulos's text, a rare eye-witness account of the Council of Ferrara-Florence for the union of the Greek and Latin Churches (1438-1439), is discussed as an invaluable source for political affairs at that...
More DescriptionThe contributors of this volume take the Memoirs of Slyvester Syropoulos, written by a Byzantine ecclesiastical official in the fifteenth century, as their starting point in reconstructing Mediterranean living conditions and artistic and commercial exchange in the late Middle Ages. Syropoulos's text, a rare eye-witness account of the Council of Ferrara-Florence for the union of the Greek and Latin Churches (1438-1439), is discussed as an invaluable source for political affairs at that time, as a travel account, and as a literary work. An annotated translation of the text is included.