Demetrius Cydones: Correspondance [French]

By Demetrius Cydonius

Book Overview

"D m trius Cydon s: Correspondance" constitue un t moignage historique et litt raire d'une importance capitale pour la compr hension de l'Empire byzantin au XIVe si cle. Cette collection de lettres offre une plong e fascinante dans la vie et la pens e de D m trius Cydon s, homme d' tat, traducteur et th ologien de premier plan sous le r gne des empereurs Pal ologues.

travers ses changes avec les grandes figures de son temps, Cydon s aborde des th mes cruciaux tels que les relations diplomatiques entre Byzance et l'Occident, la menace ottomane croissante, ainsi que les d bats religieux et intellectuels qui agitaient la soci t byzantine de l' poque. Partisan convaincu du rapprochement avec l' glise latine et traducteur de saint Thomas d'Aquin, l'auteur r v le dans sa correspondance les nuances d'un esprit humaniste avant l'heure, cherchant jeter des ponts entre les cultures grecque et romaine.

Cette "uvre est une source inestimable pour les historiens de la p riode m di vale, les chercheurs en patristique et les passionn s d' pistolographie. Elle d peint avec loquence les d fis politiques et spirituels d'une civilisation en mutation. "D m trius Cydon s: Correspondance" demeure un monument de la litt rature byzantine, illustrant la richesse d'une pens e situ e la crois e des mondes oriental et occidental.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 102559522X
• ISBN13: 9781025595221
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Tradd Street Press
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"