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Imperial visions of late Byzantium : Manuel II Palaiologos and rhetoric in purple / Florin Leonte.

Manuel II Palaiologos was not only a Byzantine emperor but also a remarkably prolific rhetorician and theologian. His oeuvre included letters, treatises, dialogues, short poems and orations. Florin Leonte deals with several of his texts shaped by a didactic intention to educate the emperor's so...

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Main Author: Leonte, Florin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]
Series:Edinburgh Byzantine studies.
Subjects:
Byzantine Empire > History > Manuel II Palaeologus, 1391-1425.
Manuel > II Palaeologus, > Emperor of the East, > 1350-1425.
Byzantine Empire.
History.
Informational works.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Dissent and Consent
  • 1. Voices of Disserıt: Preaching and Negotiating Authority, p.19
  • Organisation of the Ecclesiastics' Group, p.21
  • Major Political and Social Themes in the Ecclesiastics' Writings, p.31
  • Conclusion, p.54
  • 2. Voices of Consent: Imperial Rhetoricians, Theatra and Patronage, p.58
  • Theatra and Imperial Involvement, p.59
  • Profile and Organisation of the Rhetoricians, p.64
  • Connections among the Members of the Literary Court, p.68
  • The Rhetorical Landscape in the Late Palaiologan Period, p.75
  • Main Themes in the Rhetoricians' Writings, p.79
  • Conclusion, p.100
  • Part II. Other Voices, Other Approaches: Manuel Il's Political Writings
  • Introduction to Part II, p.105
  • Further Methodological Considerations, p.105
  • An Overview of the Emperor's Rhetorical ceuvre, p.108
  • The Emperor's Political Texts, p.111
  • 3. The Deliberative Voice: The Dialogue with the Empress-Mother on Marriage, p.113
  • Contents and Strueture, p.115
  • Genre, p.116
  • Constructing Dialogic Authority, p.117
  • Conclusion, p.123
  • 4. The Didactic Voiee: The Foundatiorıs of an Imperial Education, p.124
  • Context of Produetion, p.126
  • Contents and Structure, p.128
  • Genre, p.135
  • Authorial Voice, p.149
  • Conclusion 159
  • 5. The Didactic Voice: The Oratiorıs (Seven Ethico-Political Oratiorıs), p.161
  • The Dramatic Setting, p.163
  • The Contents of the Orations, p.165
  • Major Themes in the Oratiorıs, p.165
  • The Orations: Summary and Form, p.172
  • Between Teaching and Peaehing: Construeting the Genre of the Orations, p.183
  • Authorial Voice: Teaching the Son and Admonishing the Emperor, p.189
  • Conclusion, p.196
  • 6. The Narrative Voice: The Funeral Oration on His Brother Theodore, Despot of Morea, p.199
  • Contexts of Production, p.200
  • The Rhetorical Template and the Compositional Structure of the Funeral Oration, p.203
  • The Narrator and the Narrative, p.209
  • Authorial Voice, p.233
  • Conclusion, p.234
  • 7. Towards a Renewed Vision of Imperial Authority, p.237 - Society and Social 'Classes', p.240
  • Enemies and Allies, p.241
  • Markers of Byzantine Identity, p.244
  • Renewal of Imperial Ideology in Manuel's Texts, p.246
  • Manuel II's Imperial Vision and Style of Government, p.264.

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