An academy at the court of the tsars : Greek scholars and Jesuit education in early modern Russia /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chrissidis, Nikolaos A. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	DeKalb, IL : NIU Press, [2016]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Moskovskai͡a slavi͡ano-greko-latinskai͡a akademii͡a > History. Leichoudēs, Iōannikios, > 1633-1717. Leichoudēs, Sōphronios, > 1652-1730. Jesuits > Education > Russia > History > 17th century. Jesuits. Moskovskai︠a︡ slavi︠a︡no-greko-latinskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡. Education, Higher > Russia (Federation) > Moscow > History > 17th century. Greeks > Russia (Federation) > Moscow > History > 17th century. Education. Education, Higher. Greeks. Russia. Russia (Federation) > Moscow. 1600-1699 History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : of Grecophiles and Latinophiles
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.