The Letters of Psellos
Cultural Networks and Historical Realities
Series: Oxford Studies in Byzantium;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 8 December 2016
- ISBN 9780198787228
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages480 pages
- Size 239x162x31 mm
- Weight 874 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
The Letters of Psellos is the first detailed study of the correspondence of Michael Psellos, a preeminent Byzantine intellectual, politician, and writer. Structured in two parts, it juxtaposes five essays offering detailed historical and literary analyses of selected letters with annotated summaries of the entirety of Psellos' correspondence.
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The Letters of Psellos is the first detailed study of the correspondence of Michael Psellos, a leading Byzantine intellectual, politician, and writer of the eleventh century. Psellos' corpus of over 500 letters represents a historical source of great significance for the study of society and culture of the time: literary masterpieces in and of themselves, yet often complex and difficult to understand in their entirety, they not only rebound with subtlety and humour, but also offer invaluable information on myriad subjects ranging from the political culture of Byzantium and its civil administration to social codes, religious beliefs, and popular culture.
This volume consists of two complementary parts designed to make Psellos' letters as widely accessible as possible, both to the specialist academic community and to a wider non-specialist audience. The first part contains five essays offering detailed historical and literary analyses of a considerable number of the letters across a range of different topics, including the financial management of monasteries, the friendship of Psellos and John Mauropous, and the challenges posed by Psellian irony. While the essays are supplemented by individual appendices containing the translated text of the pertinent letters, the second part of the book presents annotated summaries in English of the entirety of Psellos' correspondence, compiled over many years as part of the Prosopography of the Byzantine World project and supported by substantial excursuses and notes. The result is an engaging and accessible shortcut into these bewildering and fascinating letters and an essential resource for the study of eleventh-century Byzantine society and culture through the pen of one of its pre-eminent figures.
With their excellent scholarship and impressive linguistic acument...The summary of the letter in Jeffreys and Lauxtermann is beautifully clear.
Table of Contents:
Part I: Studies in the Correspondence of Michael Psellos
Introduction
Educational networks in the letters of Michael Psellos
Michael Psellos and the monastery
Constantine, nephew of the patriarch Keroularios, and his good friend Michael Psellos
The intertwined lives of Michael Psellos and John Mauropous
Venomous praise: Some remarks on Michael Psellos' letters to Leon Paraspondylos
Part II: Summaries of the Letters of Michael Psellos, by Michael Jeffreys
Introduction
Manuscript Sigla
Summaries
Excursuses 1-17: Dating the Letters
Endmatter
Bibliography
Index
