Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 201 p)
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ill., maps
Edition:
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2014 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Edition:
Also issued in print
ISBN:
9781472598981
Content:
"The 'long' fourteenth century perhaps can be seen as Thessalonica's heyday. Alongside its growing commercial prowess, the city was developing into an important centre of government, where members of the Byzantine imperial family of the Palaiologoi ruled independently under full imperial titles, striking coinage and following an increasingly autonomous external policy. It was also developing into a formidable centre for letters, education, and artistic expression, due in part to Palaiologan patronage. This volume sets out the political and commercial landscape of Thessalonica between 1303 and 1430, when the city fell to the Ottoman Turks, before focusing on the literary and hymnographical aspects of the city's cultural history and its legacy. The cosmopolitan nature of urban life in Thessalonica, the polyphony of opinions it experienced and expressed, its multiple links with centres such as Constantinople, Adrianople, Athos, Lemnos and Lesvos, and the diversity and strength of its authorial voices make the study of the city's cultural life a vital part of our understanding of the Byzantine Eastern Mediterranean."--Publisher's website
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Also issued in print.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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English and Greek
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441161772
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441158079
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441155849
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472587336
Additional Edition:
Available in another form
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781472598981
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