Between Thessalonike and Constantinople: The Intellectual Life of Thessalonike in the Epistolography of the Palaeologan Era
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Ilias Taxidis
Abstract
The present study outlines the intellectual movement of Thessalonike through the epistolographical collections of the palaeologan era. As byzantine epistolography is connected almost exclusively with specific groups of scholars, people with a higher level of education than most who usually held prominent or at least respectable positions in social and spiritual events, the study of the letters and epistolographical network of the palaeologan period reflects with some objectivity the intellectual activity that developed during the late byzantine period in the second largest city of the empire. The study of all the letters that come from the palaeologan era proves the existence of an active network of numerous epistolographers who deal with the educational and spiritual life of Thessalonike, its scholars and teachers, as well as with their teaching activities. And even if Thessalonike may not boast of the same religious and cultural impact as Constantinople had on the Byzantine world, it still remains for many Palaeologan scholars a “mistress” and a spiritual homeland that transmits light and education over time.
Abstract
The present study outlines the intellectual movement of Thessalonike through the epistolographical collections of the palaeologan era. As byzantine epistolography is connected almost exclusively with specific groups of scholars, people with a higher level of education than most who usually held prominent or at least respectable positions in social and spiritual events, the study of the letters and epistolographical network of the palaeologan period reflects with some objectivity the intellectual activity that developed during the late byzantine period in the second largest city of the empire. The study of all the letters that come from the palaeologan era proves the existence of an active network of numerous epistolographers who deal with the educational and spiritual life of Thessalonike, its scholars and teachers, as well as with their teaching activities. And even if Thessalonike may not boast of the same religious and cultural impact as Constantinople had on the Byzantine world, it still remains for many Palaeologan scholars a “mistress” and a spiritual homeland that transmits light and education over time.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- List of Figures VII
- Ἤσουνα, σβεῖς, ξαναγεννιέσαι: Paideia in Thessalonike Across the Centuries 1
- Michael Mitylenaios, Metropolitan of Thessalonike (11th c.), and His Unknown Hagiographical Work [BHG 789b] 7
- Eustathios’ Account of the Capture of Thessalonike by the Normans as Instruction in Political Education (paideia) 31
- Between Thessalonike and Constantinople: The Intellectual Life of Thessalonike in the Epistolography of the Palaeologan Era 51
- The Hagiology of Thessalonike in the Schedographic Production of John Pediasimos 61
- The Schedographers of Thessalonike in the Late Byzantine Period: The Example of Demetrios (?) Staphidakes 71
- Written Culture and Intellectual Circles during the Palaeologan Age: Once more on Demetrios Triklinios and His Friends 87
- “ὀνομάτων ἀττικῶν ἐκλογὴ οἷς οἱ δοκιμώτατοι χρῶνται τῶν παλαιῶν καί τινες αὐτῶν παρασημειώσεις καὶ διαφοραὶ πρὸς ἄλληλα κυροῦ Θωμᾶ τοῦ μαγίστρου”: Preliminary Remarks 109
- Glosses and Scholia signo lunae praeposito to Pindar’s Odes in the Ms. Athos Lavrae K A 52 119
- Eruditi Thessalonicenses in the Entourage of Manuel II Palaiologos: Education and Learning in the Second City of the Empire — Research Data and Desiderata 141
- The Synopsis of the Kanonikon of John the Faster by Matthew Blastares: An Unconventional “Reading” from the Byzantine Periphery 167
- Collecting Books in Thessalonike: Manuel Tarchaneiotes Boullotes from Greece to Italy 179
- List of Contributors 205
- Index Librorum Manu Scriptorum 207
- General Index 211
- Index Locorum 217
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- List of Figures VII
- Ἤσουνα, σβεῖς, ξαναγεννιέσαι: Paideia in Thessalonike Across the Centuries 1
- Michael Mitylenaios, Metropolitan of Thessalonike (11th c.), and His Unknown Hagiographical Work [BHG 789b] 7
- Eustathios’ Account of the Capture of Thessalonike by the Normans as Instruction in Political Education (paideia) 31
- Between Thessalonike and Constantinople: The Intellectual Life of Thessalonike in the Epistolography of the Palaeologan Era 51
- The Hagiology of Thessalonike in the Schedographic Production of John Pediasimos 61
- The Schedographers of Thessalonike in the Late Byzantine Period: The Example of Demetrios (?) Staphidakes 71
- Written Culture and Intellectual Circles during the Palaeologan Age: Once more on Demetrios Triklinios and His Friends 87
- “ὀνομάτων ἀττικῶν ἐκλογὴ οἷς οἱ δοκιμώτατοι χρῶνται τῶν παλαιῶν καί τινες αὐτῶν παρασημειώσεις καὶ διαφοραὶ πρὸς ἄλληλα κυροῦ Θωμᾶ τοῦ μαγίστρου”: Preliminary Remarks 109
- Glosses and Scholia signo lunae praeposito to Pindar’s Odes in the Ms. Athos Lavrae K A 52 119
- Eruditi Thessalonicenses in the Entourage of Manuel II Palaiologos: Education and Learning in the Second City of the Empire — Research Data and Desiderata 141
- The Synopsis of the Kanonikon of John the Faster by Matthew Blastares: An Unconventional “Reading” from the Byzantine Periphery 167
- Collecting Books in Thessalonike: Manuel Tarchaneiotes Boullotes from Greece to Italy 179
- List of Contributors 205
- Index Librorum Manu Scriptorum 207
- General Index 211
- Index Locorum 217
