Eruditi Thessalonicenses in the Entourage of Manuel II Palaiologos: Education and Learning in the Second City of the Empire — Research Data and Desiderata
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Demetrios C. Agoritsas
Abstract
This chapter presents an overview of the intellectual activity and teaching of the Thessalonian scholars associated with the emperor Manuel II Palaiologos in its historical context. The rare testimonies regarding education in Thessalonike during the final quarter of the fourteenth and the early fifteenth centuries lead us to the conclusion that there was no lack of a fully-rounded education system, which, among other things, aimed to the prepare and train public officials, notaries and judges. Certainly, the political and socio-economic situation at that time did not contribute to the further strengthening of intellectual activity in the city. As a result, many young people sought better conditions and possibilities for higher education and professional development in Constantinople. Finally, the role of the local Church and its hierarchs must be regarded as important, contributing significantly to the body of ecclesiastical literature.
Abstract
This chapter presents an overview of the intellectual activity and teaching of the Thessalonian scholars associated with the emperor Manuel II Palaiologos in its historical context. The rare testimonies regarding education in Thessalonike during the final quarter of the fourteenth and the early fifteenth centuries lead us to the conclusion that there was no lack of a fully-rounded education system, which, among other things, aimed to the prepare and train public officials, notaries and judges. Certainly, the political and socio-economic situation at that time did not contribute to the further strengthening of intellectual activity in the city. As a result, many young people sought better conditions and possibilities for higher education and professional development in Constantinople. Finally, the role of the local Church and its hierarchs must be regarded as important, contributing significantly to the body of ecclesiastical literature.
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
