Exploring Emotions in Late Byzantium: Theodore Metochites on Affectivity

This article explores the dynamic display of affective experiences and phenomena in the edited work of the Constantinopolitan scholar and statesman Theodore Metochites (1270-1332). In the light of a background analysis of the way Metochites defines and theorises emotions, I argue that the author...

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Main Author: Xenophontos, Sophia 1985- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters 2021
In: Byzantion
Year: 2021, Volume: 91, Pages: 423-463
IxTheo Classification:KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages
KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages
NBE Anthropology
ZD Psychology
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