Bessarion’s Treasure

Editing, Translating and Interpreting Bessarion’s Literary Heritage
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-11-060180-0
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

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The importance of Bessarion's contribution to the history of Byzantine and Renaissance philosophy and culture during the 15th century is beyond dispute. However, an adequate appreciation of his contribution still remains a desideratum of scholarly research. One serious impediment to scholarly progress is the fact that the critical edition of his main philosophical work "In Calumniatorem Platonis" is incomplete and that this work has not been translated in its entirety into any modern language yet. Same can be stated about several minor but equally important treatises on literary, theological and philosophical subjects. This makes editing, translating and interpreting his literary, religious and philosophical works a scholarly priority. Papers assembled in this volume highlight a number of philological, philosophical and historical aspects that are crucial to our understanding of Bessarion's role in the history of European civilization and to setting the directions of future research in this field.

Zielgruppe

Byzantinists, Historians of philosophy, Renaissance Studies, Hist

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mariev, Sergei

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Byzantinische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Neuzeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Mittelalterliche & Scholastische Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Sergei Mariev, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Deutschland.

Sergei Mariev, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany.