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Translations from Greek into Latin and Arabic during the Middle Ages: Searching for the Classical Tradition.
- Source :
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Speculum . Jan2015, Vol. 90 Issue 1, p28-59. 32p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Byzantium's relationship with what we call “the classical tradition” is central to the development of its civilization and has been extensively discussed by Byzantinists for a number of reasons: since the fifteenth-century Renaissance, European interest in Byzantium was spurred by research on classical antiquity, and Byzantine literary culture was generally treated as a warehouse from which to retrieve information on ancient texts. In addition, Byzantine studies as a modern academic discipline was formed around the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century, when the classical tradition was understood as a constituent part of modern Western culture, while ancient Greece and Rome served as political and aesthetic paradigms for the world's industrialized nations. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00387134
- Volume :
- 90
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Speculum
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 101379981
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0038713414002450