An Academy at the Court of the Tsars: Greek Scholars and Jesuit Education in Early Modern Russia (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies)

Synopsis

In This Original Work, Nikolaos A. Chrissidis Analyzes The Academy’s Impact On Russian Educational Practice And Situates It In The Contexts Of Russian-greek Cultural Relations And Increased Contact Between Russia And Western Europe In The Seventeenth Century. Chrissidis Demonstrates That Greek Academic And Cultural Influences On Russia In The Second Half Of The Seventeenth Century Were Western In Character, Though Orthodox In Doctrinal Terms. He Also Shows That Russian And Greek Educational Enterprises Were Part Of The Larger European Pattern Of Jesuit Academic Activities That Impacted Roman Catholic And Eastern Orthodox Educational Establishments And Curricular Choices. An Academy At The Court Of The Tsars Is The First Study Of The Slavo-greco-latin Academy In English And The Only One Based On Primary Sources In Russian, Church Slavonic, Greek, And Latin. It Will Interest Scholars And Students Of Early Modern Russian And Greek History, Of Early Modern European Intellectual And Science History, Of Jesuit Education, And Of Eastern Orthodox History And Culture. --publisher's Website. Introduction : Of Grecophiles And Latinophiles : Historiographical Excursus -- Limning The Commonwealth : Of Greeks And Russians In The Seventeenth Century -- The Wandering Greeks : From Italy To Russia -- Establishing An Academy In Moscow -- The Curriculum In Action I : The Rhetoric Course -- The Curriculum In Action Ii : Investigating The Heavens -- Rhetoric, Physics, And Court Culture In Late Seventeenth-century Muscovy -- Conclusion : Education, Westernization, And Secularization In Early Modern Russia. Nikolaos A. Chrissidis. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.