Velký výběr
Nabízíme miliony knih v angličtině. Od beletrie až po ty nejodborněji odborné.
ISBN | 9781474441032 |
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Autor | Leonte Florin |
Vydavatel | Edinburgh Univ Pr |
Jazyk | english |
Vazba | Pevná vazba |
Rok vydání | 2019 |
Počet stran | 320 |
Explores a Byzantine emperor's construction of authority with the help of his rhetorical texts
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 son and successor, John VIII Palaiologos. He argues that the emperor constructed a rhetorical persona which he used in an attempt to compete with other contemporary power-brokers. While Manuel Palaiologos adhered to many rhetorical conventions of his day, he also reasserted the civic role of rhetoric.
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.