Scholars of Byzantium

Wilson, N. G.

Scholars of Byzantium

N. G. Wilson c1996 © Medieval Academy of America

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9780915651085 (hardcover)

Subject

European: 400-1400

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Frontmatter
Note on the revised edition, 1996 (page viii)
Preface (page ix)
Abbreviations (page x)
1. Introduction
- (i) Literacy culture in Byzantium (page 1)
- (ii) Atticism (page 4)
- (iii) The ancient authors and the Christians (page 8)
- (iv) Censorship (page 12)
- (v) The ancient authors as school texts (page 18)
2. The Schools of Late Antiquity
- (i) Antioch (page 28)
- (ii) Gaza (page 30)
- (iii) Scholia (page 33)
- (iv) Athens (page 36)
- (v) Alexandria (page 42)
- (vi) Constantinople (page 49)
3. Dark Ages and Iconoclasm
- (i) Interlude (page 61)
- (ii) Two changes in production: paper and a new script (page 63)
- (iii) Fresh signs of activity (page 68)
4. A New Start
- (i) Leo the Philosopher (page 79)
- (ii) The evidence of manuscripts from c. 800 to c. 875 (page 85)
5. Photius
- (i) Introduction (page 89)
- (ii) The Lexicon (page 90)
- (iii) The Bibliotheca (page 93)
- (iv) The letters (page 111)
- (v) The Amphilochia (page 114)
6. Arethas
- (i) The extant manuscripts (page 120)
- (ii) Other texts (page 126)
- (iii) Arethas as a reader (page 130)
7. From Arethas' Contemporaries to the End of the Tenth Century
- (i) The activity of copyists (page 136)
- (ii) Education and patronage (page 140)
- (iii) The Suda (page 145)
8. The Eleventh Century
- (i) Introduction: the schools (page 148)
- (ii) John Mauropous (page 151)
- (iii) John Italos (page 153)
- (iv) Michael Psellos (page 156)
- (v) Some critical essays on Christian authors (page 166)
- (vi) Response to the classics of pagan literature (page 172)
- (vii) The epitome of Dio Cassius (page 179)
9. From Alexius Comnenus to the Fourth Crusade
- (i) The early years (page 180)
- (ii) Gregory of Corinth (page 184)
- (iii) The brothers Tzetzes (page 190)
- (iv) Eustathius (page 196)
- (v) Michael Choniates (page 204)
- (vi) A mysterious partnership (page 206)
10. Greek in Italy and Sicily
- (i) From late antiquity to the eleventh century (page 209)
- (ii) The twelfth century (page 212)
- (iii) An essay on a Greek novel (page 216)
11. Disaster and Recovery
- (i) Nicaea (page 218)
- (ii) Gregory of Cyprus (page 223)
- (iii) Other evidence (page 225)
- (iv) A second glance westwards (page 226)
12. The Palaeologan Revival
- (i) Introduction (page 229)
- (ii) Maximus Planudes (page 230)
- (iii) Some lesser contemporaries (page 241)
- (iv) Other students of Greek poetry (page 244)
- (v) Demetrius Triclinius (page 249)
- (vi) Theodorus Metochites (page 256)
13. The Epigoni (page 265)
Epilogue (page 273)
Addenda (page 276)
Index (page 280)

Reviews
Journal Abbreviation	Label	URL
CW	78.1 (Sep. - Oct. 1984): 47-48	http://www.jstor.org/stable/4349670
SP	61.2 (Apr. 1986): 484-486	http://www.jstor.org/stable/2854093
JAOS	110.1 (Jan. - Mar. 1990): 167-168	http://www.jstor.org/stable/603979
CP	83.4 (Oct. 1988): 342-360	http://www.jstor.org/stable/269513
JHS	105 (1985): 249-250	http://www.jstor.org/stable/631631

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