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Athens, 2018. In English with French and Greek summaries. Soft cover, 24 cm, 268 pp. ISBN: 9789604852284.... attempts a delineation of the development of Byzantine historical and philological studies, particularly in the course of the 16th and 17th centuries, when the real foundations of the discipline of byzantinology were laid, mainly in Germany and France. In the 16th century scholars like Hieronymo Wolff, David Hoeschel, Wilhelm Holzmann (Xylander), Dennis Petau (Petavius), Johannes van Meursius, Nicholas Alemannus and others, established the initial firm foundations, to be ensued, in the 17th century, by Philippe Labbe, Leo Allatius, Martin Kraus (Martinus Crusius), Jean-Albert Fabricius, Charles du Fresne Du Cange (Ducangius), Jean Mabillon, Bernard de Montfaucon, Anselmo Banduri, Michel Le Quien, and many others. This book also treats the "vicissitudes" suffered by byzantinology in the 18th century despite the presence of important byzantinists in that era. It also refers to the renovated… Read More
