The spark was the Hellenic revivalism movement among Byzantine scholars after the 1204 devastation and question of the Roman identity. Without the "Are we Hellenes?" there would not be any Renaissance. A movement initiated by the Nicean rulers 1204-1261.
@@antiquerose2000 1. The last Byzantine Renaissance, Cambridge University Press, 2. The Early Palaeologan Renaissance (1261-c. 1360): By Edmund Fryde, 2000
@@antiquerose2000 1204 was a great shock for the Eastern Romans. They had no capital, no state. The three successor states needed a new narrative and the people under Greek or Latin rule needed a new identity. Thus they turned towards their classical past, they saw themselves as Homeric heroes facing adversities, or classics who were encircled by barbarians. This is a pivotal point, as the term Hellene stops meaning "pagan" and comes forth as a national identity. Aristotle, Plato, Sofocles etc were not pagans anymore who would be copied with caution in monasteries, they were the scholarly ancestors. Laskarids made a huge effort to gather any books they could from the destroyed libraries.
@@Sp-d2i I really appreciate you taking the time to expand upon your last reply! I will definitely take a look at the book you mentioned by Edmund Fryde.
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The spark was the Hellenic revivalism movement among Byzantine scholars after the 1204 devastation and question of the Roman identity. Without the "Are we Hellenes?" there would not be any Renaissance. A movement initiated by the Nicean rulers 1204-1261.
Thank you for sharing this fact! Are there any particular sources you could recommend looking into? I would want to learn more about this time period.
@@antiquerose2000 1. The last Byzantine Renaissance, Cambridge University Press, 2. The Early Palaeologan Renaissance (1261-c. 1360): By Edmund Fryde, 2000
@@antiquerose2000 1204 was a great shock for the Eastern Romans. They had no capital, no state. The three successor states needed a new narrative and the people under Greek or Latin rule needed a new identity. Thus they turned towards their classical past, they saw themselves as Homeric heroes facing adversities, or classics who were encircled by barbarians. This is a pivotal point, as the term Hellene stops meaning "pagan" and comes forth as a national identity. Aristotle, Plato, Sofocles etc were not pagans anymore who would be copied with caution in monasteries, they were the scholarly ancestors. Laskarids made a huge effort to gather any books they could from the destroyed libraries.
@@Sp-d2i I really appreciate you taking the time to expand upon your last reply! I will definitely take a look at the book you mentioned by Edmund Fryde.