{"product_id":"greece-reinvented-han-lamers-9789004297555","title":"Greece Reinvented: Transformations of Byzantine Hellenism in Renaissance Italy","description":"\u003ci\u003eGreece Reinvented\u003c\/i\u003e discusses the transformation of Byzantine Hellenism as the cultural elite of Byzantium, displaced to Italy, constructed it. It explores why and how Byzantine migrants such as Cardinal Bessarion, Ianus Lascaris, and Giovanni Gemisto adopted Greek personas to replace traditional Byzantine claims to the heirship of ancient Rome. In \u003ci\u003eGreece Reinvented\u003c\/i\u003e, Han Lamers shows that being Greek in the diaspora was both blessing and burden, and explores how these migrants' newfound 'Greekness' enabled them to create distinctive positions for themselves while promoting group cohesion. These Greek personas reflected Latin understandings of who the Greeks 'really' were but sometimes also undermined Western paradigms. \u003ci\u003eGreece Reinvented\u003c\/i\u003e reveals some of the cultural tensions that bubble under the surface of the much-studied transmission of Greek learning from Byzantium to Italy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Han Lamers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004297553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004297555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Han Lamers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48446520328447,"sku":"9789004297555","price":271.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0bee2557-862f-43c2-9890-baf94dc179f9.jpg?v=1777225185","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/greece-reinvented-han-lamers-9789004297555","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}