Deno John Geanakoplos (1916–2007)

Author of Byzantium: Church, Society, and Civilization Seen through Contemporary Eyes

About the Author

Deno John Geanakoplos, is the Bradford Durfee Professor Emeritus of Byzantine, Italian Renaissance, and Orthodox Church History at Yale University. He is a fellow of the Medieval Academy of America

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Works by Deno John Geanakoplos

Byzantine East and Latin West: two worlds of Christendom in Middle Ages and Renaissance; studies in ecclesiastical and cultural history (1966) 62 copies

Greek Scholars In Venice : Studies In The Dissemination Of Greek Learning From Byzantium To Western Europe (1962) 27 copies, 1 review

Constantinople and the West: Essays on the Late Byzantine (Palaeologan) and Italian Renaissances and the Byzantine and Roman Churches (1989) 19 copies

Medieval Western civilization and the Byzantine and Islamic worlds: Interaction of three cultures (1979) 14 copies

Emperor Michael Palaeologus and the West, 1258-1282: A Study in Byzantine-Latin Relations (1973) 13 copies, 1 review

A Short History of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople: "First Among Equals" in the Eastern Orthodox Church (1990) 5 copies

Interaction of the "sibling" Byzantine and Western cultures in the Middle Ages and Italian Renaissance (330-1600) (1976) 4 copies

A short history of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, "First among equals" in the Eastern Orthodox Church 1 copy

The discourse of Demetrius Chalcondyles on the inauguration of Greek studies at the university of Padua in 1463 1 copy

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Medievalia Et Humanistica: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Culture, New Series No.12 (1984) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Canonical name: Geanakoplos, Deno John
Birthdate: 1916
Date of death: 2007-10-04
Gender: male
Education: University of Minnesota (BA|1941, MA|1946)
University of Pisa (D.Litt|1946)
Harvard University (PhD|1953)
Occupations: professor emeritus
Organizations: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
American Society of Church History
Medieval Academy of America
American Historical Association
Renaissance Society of America
University of Illinois (show all 8)
Yale University (Bradford Durfee Professor Emeritus of Byzantine History, Renaissance History, and Orthodox Church History)
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Awards and honors: Gold Cross of the Order of King George I (1966)
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Places of residence: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Place of death: Hamden, Connecticut, USA
Associated Place (for map): Connecticut, USA

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DinadansFriend 3,991 reviews

Emperor Michael Palaeolgus and the West by Deno John Geanakoplos

The prose is pedestrian, and the maps are sadly monochrome and second rate for legability. The material of the text is quite clear, but the footnotes, while at the bottom of the page, a plus in my opinion, are often in their original language, Latin, Greek, italian, etc. This hampers the general reader, like myself. However, this remains one of the standard texts in this rather obscure field. A necessary book, but not a delight!

Jun 20, 2025

ColgateClassics 1,422 reviews

Greek scholars in Venice : studies in the dissemination of Greek learning from Byzantium to Western Europe by Deno John Geanakoplos