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HoP 320 - People of the South - Byzantium and Islam
Episode 83
Intellectual exchange between Christians and Muslims, and the later flowering of Syriac literature including the philosopher Bar Hebraeus.
7 years ago
HoP 319 - Georgia on My Mind - Petritsi and the Proclus Revival
Episode 82
The Neoplatonist Proclus gets mixed reviews from Christians, as Nicholas of Methone refutes him but the Georgian philosopher Ioane Petritsi helps to …
7 years ago
HoP 318 - Oliver Primavesi on Greek Manuscripts
Episode 81
Peter's Munich colleague Oliver Primavesi tells us how Greek manuscripts are used to establish the text of authors like Aristotle.
7 years, 1 month ago
HoP 317 - Made by Hand - Byzantine Manuscripts
Episode 80
Without handwritten copies produced by Byzantine scribes, we would know almost nothing about ancient philosophy. How and why were they made?
7 years, 1 month ago
HoP 316 - Just Measures - Law, Money, and War in Byzantium
Episode 79
Legal and economic thought in Byzantium: the sources of the law’s authority, the relation of church and civil law, just price, and just war.
7 years, 2 months ago
HoP 315 - Wiser Than Men - Gender in Byzantium
Episode 78
The role of women in Byzantine society and the complex attitudes surrounding eunuchs: did they make up a “third gender”?
7 years, 2 months ago
HoP 314 - Katerina Ierodiakonou on Byzantine Commentaries
Episode 77
A chat about commentaries on Aristotle from Byzantium with guest Katerina Ierodiakonou.
7 years, 3 months ago
HoP 313 - Queen of the Sciences - Anna Komnene and her Circle
Episode 76
Princess Anna Komnene makes good use of her political retirement by gathering a circle of scholars to write commentaries on Aristotle.
7 years, 3 months ago
HoP 312 - Past Masters - Byzantine Historiography
Episode 75
The larger meaning of history in the chronicles written by Michael Psellos, Michael Attaleiates, Anna Komnene, and Niketas Choniates.
7 years, 4 months ago
HoP 311 - The Elements of Style - Rhetoric in Byzantium
Episode 74
Psellos and other experts in rhetoric explore how this art of persuasion relates to philosophy.
7 years, 4 months ago