Imperial Visions of Late Byzantium

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Manuel II Palaiologos: A Short Biography and an Overview of the Historical Context -- Aims of the Present Study -- Structure -- Sources -- Theoretical Framework -- Previous Scholarship -- Part I Dissent and Consent -- 1 Voices of Dissent:...

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Main Author: Leonte, Florin (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press , 2020
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520 |a Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Manuel II Palaiologos: A Short Biography and an Overview of the Historical Context -- Aims of the Present Study -- Structure -- Sources -- Theoretical Framework -- Previous Scholarship -- Part I Dissent and Consent -- 1 Voices of Dissent: Preaching and Negotiating Authority -- Organisation of the Ecclesiastics' Group -- Major Political and Social Themes in the Ecclesiastics' Writings -- Conclusion -- 2 Voices of Consent: Imperial Rhetoricians, Theatra and Patronage -- Theatra and Imperial Involvement -- Profile and Organisation of the Rhetoricians -- Connections among the Members of the Literary Court -- The Rhetorical Landscape in the Late Palaiologan Period -- Main Themes in the Rhetoricians' Writings -- Conclusion -- Part II Other Voices, Other Approaches: Manuel II's Political Writings -- Introduction to Part II -- Further Methodological Considerations -- An Overview of the Emperor's Rhetorical oeuvre -- The Emperor's Political Texts -- 3 The Deliberative Voice: The Dialogue with the Empress-Mother on Marriage -- Contents and Structure -- Genre -- Constructing Dialogic Authority -- Conclusion -- 4 The Didactic Voice: The Foundations of an Imperial Education -- Context of Production -- Contents and Structure -- Genre -- Authorial Voice -- Conclusion -- 5 The Didactic Voice: The Orations (Seven Ethico-Political Orations) -- The Dramatic Setting -- The Contents of the Orations -- Major Themes in the Orations -- The Orations: Summary and Form -- Between Teaching and Preaching: Constructing the Genre of the Orations -- Authorial Voice: Teaching the Son and Admonishing the Emperor -- Conclusion -- 6 The Narrative Voice: The Funeral Oration on His Brother Theodore, Despot of Morea -- Contexts of Production -- The Rhetorical Template and the Compositional Structure of the Funeral Oration. 
520 |a The Narrator and the Narrative -- Authorial Voice -- Conclusion -- 7 Towards a Renewed Vision of Imperial Authority -- Society and Social 'Classes' -- Enemies and Allies -- Markers of Byzantine Identity -- Renewal of Imperial Ideology in Manuel's Texts -- Manuel II's Imperial Vision and Style of Gover -- Conclusions -- Appendices -- Appendix 1 Members of Manuel II's Literary Circle -- Apendix 2 The Contents and Structure of Manuel II's Foundations -- Appendix 3 Translation of Gemistos Plethon's Preface to Manuel II's Funeral Oration -- Appendix 4 Network of Ecclesiastics and Rhetoricians during Manuel II's Reign -- Bibliography -- Manuscripts Consulted -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Literature -- Index. 
520 |a 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 
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