Imperial Visions of Late Byzantium
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Imperial Visions of Late Byzantium by Florin Leonte
With a special focus on the first two decades of Manuel II Palaiologos' rule, 1391 1417, Leonte offers a new understanding of the imperial ethos in Byzantium by combining rhetorical analysis with investigation of social and political phenomena.
This book brings together the politics of the reign of Manuel II and the writings of the emperor in an organic way which emphasises the agency of rhetoric in Byzantine societyThe literary analyses, particularly of voice and genre are masterly, and Leonte's own imperial vision of Late Byzantium is subtle, nuanced and convincing. * Margaret Mullett, Queen's University Belfast (emerita) *
Florin Leonte is Assistant Professor at the Department of Classics, University of Olomouc, Czech Republic. He received his PhD in Byzantine Studies from the Central European University, Budapest. After graduating, he held a number of postdoctoral positions including a two-year lectureship at Harvard University, Department of the Classics, a fellowship at Villa I Tatti, The Research Center for Renaissance Studies in Florence, and a fellowship from the International Society for the History of Rhetoric.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781474441049 |
| ISBN 10 | 1474441041 |
| Title | Imperial Visions of Late Byzantium |
| Author | Florin Leonte |
| Series | Edinburgh Byzantine Studies |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Year published | 2022-05-30 |
| Number of pages | 344 |
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