Byzantium after Byzantium

Virgil Cândea, Nicolae Iorga

• Publisher: Center for Romanian Studies
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9789739432092
• eBook ISBN: 9781592112593
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: European History
• Index: History

Although Constantinople fell to the Turks in 1453, bringing an end to the Eastern Roman Empire which had survived its predecessor in the West by nearly one thousand years, this important book argues that Byzantium did not die, but continued to influence European history all the way up to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The author's formula "Byzantium after Byzantium" defines several centuries of world history. Iorga points out the great contributions of Byzantine civilization to the Western world, especially during the Renaissance. He demonstrates that Byzantium survived through its people and local autonomies, as well as through its exiles. They continued the Byzantine ideas, aspirations, education, and way of life. All of this allows us to speak of a Byzantium after Byzantium.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction by Virgil Cândea
• Author’s Preface
• Chapter I: — The Exiles
• Chapter II: — The Great Constantinople Rallies: The Permanence of Byzantine Forms
• Chapter III: — The Local Autonomies
• Chapter IV: — The Patriarch and His Clergy
• Chapter V: — The Archons
• Chapter VI: — The Byzantine Imperial Idea through the Romanian Princes
• Chapter VII: — The Romanian Princes Protection of the Byzantine Church and Civilization
• Chapter VIII: — Renaissance through School
• Chapter IX: — The Phanarion
• Chapter X: — The End of Byzantium
• Index