Byzantine hermeneutics and pedagogy in the Russian north : monks and masters at the Kirillo-Belozerskii Monastery, 1397-1501 /

Romanchuk, Robert, 1968-

Byzantine hermeneutics and pedagogy in the Russian north : monks and masters at the Kirillo-Belozerskii Monastery, 1397-1501 / Robert Romanchuk. - Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, (c)2007. - 1 online resource (xv, 452 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

'Where is the Russian Peter Abelard?': Silence and intellectual awakening at the north Russian monastery -- The 'artless word' and the artisan: approaching monastic hermeneutics in eastern Europe -- 'Strangers to the world, fixing our minds in heaven': St. Kirill's Laura as a textual community (1397-1435) -- 'The lover of this book': 'philosophy' under Hegumen Trifon (1435-1448) -- Intermedium: the schooling and professionalization of scribes, 1448-1470 -- 'The best thing of all is one's own will': the community of scholars at Kirillov (1470-1501) -- Epilogue: Some possibilities and limits of 'Byzantine humanism'.




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Orthodox Eastern Church--Education--History--Russia (Federation)--Kirillov--15th century.
Kirillo-Belozerskiĭ monastyrʹ--History--15th century.


Hermeneutics--Religious aspects--Orthodox Eastern Church--History--15th century.
Orthodox Eastern monasteries--History--Russia (Federation)--Kirillov--15th century.


Electronic Books.

BD241 / .B993 2007