Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (Jan 2003)

Manuel Chrysoloras and the Early Italian Renaissance

  • Ian Thomson

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 63 – 82

Abstract

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Several of the major figures in the Renaissance reckoned Chrysoloras’ teaching in Florence (1397-1400) as the decisive step in the rebirth of learning; but he was there probably also as a diplomat, to encourage western support for the defense of the east.