Michael Malone-Lee

Cardinal Bessarion (1403-1472) (eBook, ePUB)

Most Latin of Greeks, Most Greek of Latins

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This biography presents Cardinal Bessarion in his time and explores his personal perspective on his times and experience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003835240
• Artikelnr.: 69507182

Autorenporträt

Michael Malone-Lee took an undergraduate degree in classics at Oxford University. He had a career of nearly thirty years in the British civil service where he served in senior positions in several departments of state. He later became Vice Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University. In retirement he returned to classics and did a doctorate at Oxford University on Cardinal Bessarion and the transmission of Plato in the fifteenth century. Until recently he was teaching undergraduates Latin and Greek.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
From Trebizond to Byzantium
The Road to Florence
The Roman Years
Legate in Bologna
The Threat of the Ottoman Turks
Last Years
Scholar and Humanist
Bibliography