Appealing to the Authority of a Learned Patriarch : New Evidence on Gennadios Scholarios’ Responses to the Questions of George Branković
Part of : The Historical Review ; Vol.9, No.1, 2012, pages 95-116
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The article discusses the responses given by the Patriarch Gennadios Scholarios to the Serbian leader Djuradj [George] Branković, in an era critical not only for his country but for the entire eastern borders of Europe, in the mid-fifteenth century. In his appeal, Branković sought the opinion of the learned leader of the Orthodox Church on a range of matters of canonical and liturgical content. The responses are widely known; nevertheless, the identification of five as yet unknown responses and the addition of a further four documents to the manuscript tradition of the text justify a new critical edition, which aims to present the entire number of Gennadios’ responses, some among them concerning the legality of moving the Serbian Patriarchate’s see from the captured Peć to Smederovo.
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856:https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/historicalReview/article/view/4072, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/hr.291
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