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Most important scholars known before the Macedonian Renaissance were active under the Justinian dynasty. Theon of Alexandria (335–405), mathematician Hypatia (370–415), mathematician, astronomer, philosopher
Pages in category "Scholars of Byzantine history" The following 107 pages are in this category, out of 107 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Council of Florence also revealed another significant debate among Byzantine scholars, reaching its climax during the shared residence of the delegation. The participants did not hide from their Catholic listeners the essence of the controversy, which concerned the primacy of either Plato or Aristotle in interpreting Christian faith. [42]
With increasing Western presence in the East due to the Crusades, and the gradual collapse of the Byzantine Empire during the Late Middle Ages, many Byzantine Greek scholars fled to Western Europe, bringing with them many original Greek manuscripts, and providing impetus for Greek-language education in the West and further translation efforts ...
Byzantine science was essentially classical science. [2] Therefore, Byzantine science was in every period closely connected with ancient-pagan philosophy and metaphysics. Despite some opposition to pagan learning, many of the most distinguished classical scholars held high office in the Church. [3]
The opening session of the IV International Congress of Byzantine Studies in the Aula of the University of Sofia, 9 November 1934. Byzantine studies is an interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that addresses the history, culture, demography, dress, religion/theology, art, literature/epigraphy, music, science, economy, coinage and politics of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Georgios Gemistos Plethon (Greek: Γεώργιος Γεμιστὸς Πλήθων; Latin: Georgius Gemistus Pletho c. 1355 /1360 – 1452/1454), commonly known as Gemistos Plethon, was a Greek scholar [4] and one of the most renowned philosophers of the Late Byzantine era. [5]
The Byzantine Greeks were the Greek-speaking Eastern Romans throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. [1] They were the main inhabitants of the lands of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire), of Constantinople and Asia Minor (modern Turkey), the Greek islands, Cyprus, and portions of the southern Balkans, and formed large minorities, or pluralities, in the coastal urban centres of ...