Εξειδίκευση τύπου :	Άρθρο σε επιστημονικό περιοδικό
Τίτλος:	Contextualizing Theodore Metochites and his refoundation of the Chora
Δημιουργός/Συγγραφέας:	[EL] Σμυρλής, Κωστής[EN] Smyrlis, Kostis
Ημερομηνία:	2022
Γλώσσα:	Αγγλικά
ISSN:	0771-3347 0771-3444
DOI:	10.2143/REB.80.0.3290897
Περίληψη:	This paper proposes a new examination of Theodore Metochites and his foundation, the monastery of the Chora, based on known material as well as on unexploited sources, namely a letter collection that is here attributed to him and certain monastic documents. One of these documents allows us to redate the completion of the Chora and Metochites’s promotion to megas logothetes to before 1317, events until now dated to 1321 on the basis of Nikephoros Gregoras’s History. The paper studies Metochites as an official and a magnate, arguing that he was a loyal and overall efficient administrator and stressing the role of entrepreneurship in his enrichment. Monastic refoundations, including the Chora, were a key element of the imperial project to revive Constantinople. It is suggested that this task was delegated by the emperor to his high dignitaries who had to act as civic benefactors. Although Metochites was obliged to participate in this project because of his rank, the Chora was also his opportunity to reach the top of the hierarchy.
Τίτλος πηγής δημοσίευσης:	Revue des Etudes Byzantines
Τόμος/Κεφάλαιο:	80
Σελίδες:	69–111
Θεματική Κατηγορία:	[EL] Μεσαιωνική Ελλάδα, Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία 323-1453[EN] Medieval Greece. Byzantine Empire, 323-1453
Λέξεις-Κλειδιά:	Byzantine monasticism Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy Metochites, Theodore Andronikos II Palaiologos (1282-1328) Byzantine Monastic Architecture Palaiologan Byzantium Palaiologan Art Nikephoros Gregoras Chora Monastery in Constantinople
Ηλεκτρονική διεύθυνση στον εκδότη (link):	https://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?download=yes&id=3290897&url=article
Εμφανίζεται στις συλλογές:	Τομέας Βυζαντινών Ερευνών - Επιστημονικό έργο