''For happy is he who speaks to listening ears’: writing and reading paraenetic poetry in Late Byzantium (1204-1453)'. Ghent University
This research project aims to investigate medieval Greek paraenetic poetry in the Palaiologan Period (1204-1453), through an in-depth study of its socio-cultural and literary relevance, its readers, and its connection to monastic and non-monastic environments. It seeks to understand its Sitz im Leben and the transformative potential of such literature in late Byzantine ethical and moral thought. This project will be the first to create a ...