English translation of the French language: Premier humanisme byzantin.

At head of title: Australian Association for Byzantine Studies.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Break in Hellenic Culture in the West -- The Hypothesis of a Link through Syria and the Arabs -- The Fate of Secular Hellenism in Byzantium during the first three centuries of the Empire -- The Dark Ages: Break or continuity? -- Intellectual Ferment, Curiosity and Technical Progress: The first great figures -- Leo the Philosopher ( or Mathematician) and his Times -- Photios and Classicism -- Arcthas of Patras -- The Schools from Bardas to Constantine Porphyrogcnnetos -- The Encyclopedism of the Tenth Century -- Conclusion -- Index -- Notable Greek Terms -- list of Manuscripts Cited.

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