Title The Byzantine Hellene : the life of Emperor Theodore Laskaris and Byzantium in the thirteenth century / Dimiter Angelov

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 441 pages) Contents Byzantium in exile -- "The Holy Land, my mother Anatolia" -- "I was brought up as usual for a royal child" -- Pursuit of learning -- Power-sharing -- Friends, foes, and politics -- Elena and the embassy of the Marquis -- Sole emperor of the Romans -- The philosopher -- The proponent of Hellenism Summary This book tells the extraordinary story of Theodore II Laskaris, an emperor who ruled over the Byzantine state of Nicaea established in Asia Minor after the fall of Constantinople to the crusaders in 1204. Theodore Laskaris was a man of literary talent and keen intellect. His action-filled life, youthful mentality, anxiety about communal identity (Anatolian, Roman, and Hellenic), ambitious reforms cut short by an early death, and thoughts and feelings are all reconstructed on the basis of his rich and varied writings. His original philosophy, also explored here, led him to a critique of scholasticism in the West, a mathematically inspired theology, and a political vision of Hellenism. A personal biography, a ruler's biography, and an intellectual biography, this highly illustrated book opens a vista onto the eastern Mediterranean, Anatolia, and the Balkans in the thirteenth century, as seen from the vantage point of a key political actor and commentator Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Vendor-supplied metadata Subject Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1258. Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1258 -- Political and social views Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1258 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1258 fast Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1258. nli Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1258 -- Political and social views. nli Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1258 -- Criticism and interpretation. nli Subject Philosophers -- Byzantine Empire -- Biography Intellectuals -- Byzantine Empire -- Biography Hellenism -- History -- To 1500 Hellenism Intellectuals Kings and rulers Philosophers Political and social views Philosophers -- Byzantine Empire -- Biography. Intellectuals -- Byzantine Empire -- Biography. Hellenism -- History -- To 1500. SUBJECT Nicaea (Turkey) -- Kings and rulers -- Biography Byzantine Empire -- Kings and rulers -- Biography Byzantine Empire -- History -- 1081-1453. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018503 Subject Byzantine Empire Turkey -- Nicaea Nicaea (Turkey) -- Kings and rulers -- Biography. Byzantine Empire -- Kings and rulers -- Biography. Byzantine Empire -- History -- 1081-1453. Genre/Form Biographies Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108690874 1108690874

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