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

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

Author/creator	Chrissidis, Nikolaos A.
Format	Electronic and Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	DeKalb, IL : NIU Press, [2016]
Description	xv, 300 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Leichoudēs, Iōannikios, 1633-1717. Leichoudēs, Sōphronios, 1652-1730. Moskovskai︠a︡ slavi︠a︡no-greko-latinskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡--History. Jesuits--Education --Russia --History --17th century. Education, Higher--Russia --Moscow --History --17th century. Greeks--Russia --Moscow --History --17th century.

Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2015039120
ISBN	9780875807294 (paperback : alkaline paper)

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