Nicaea : a Byzantine capital and its praises : with the speeches of Theodore Laskaris, In praise of the great city of Nicaea, and, Theodore Metochites, Nicene oration / by Clive Foss, with the collaboration of Jacob Tulchin.

Author
Foss, Clive [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Brookline, Mass. : Hellenic College Press, c1996.
Description
ix, 224 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.

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Summary note
  • Nicaea - the site of the First Ecumenical Council (325) and the capital of the Byzantine Empire in exile during the Latin occupation of Constantinople (1204-1261) following the Fourth Crusade - has an important, albeit neglected, role in ecclesiastical and political history. With this book, Professor Clive Foss - a meticulous historian - takes a significant step in rectifying that neglect. As he tells us, his initial objective was to provide a comprehensible English translation of the two thirteenth century encomia delivered by Theodore Laskaris and Theodore Metochites. The intent was to make these important sources accessible to the contemporary readers; and in this he has succeeded notably.
  • But, in addition, there is a major bonus. The initial objective blossomed into a history of Nicaea from the third to the fourteenth centuries, which will interest general readers of history and the specialist as well.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-215) and index.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • 1. Late Antiquity
  • 2. The Dark Ages
  • 3. Recovery and Prosperity: Ninth-Eleventh Centuries
  • 4. The First Turkish Period
  • 5. The First Crusade
  • 6. The Age of the Komnenoi
  • 7. Nicaea as Capital: The Reign of Theodore Laskaris
  • 8. Nicaea under John Vatatzes and Theodore II: The Church and the Revival of Learning
  • 9. The Return to Constantinople and the Last Byzantine Phase: 1258-1331
  • 10. The Walls of the City
  • 11. The Churches and Other Buildings
  • 12. Introduction to the Speeches
  • In Praise of the Great City of Nicaea / Theodore Doukas Laskaris
  • Commentary on Laskaris
  • Nicene Oration / Theodore Metochites
  • Commentary of Metochites
  • App. The Seljuk "Palace."
ISBN
0917653483 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^96031951^
OCLC
35183986
RCP
H - S
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