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Acknowledgements 9 Abbreviations 10 Introduction 12 Manuel II Palaiologos: A Short Biography and an Overview of the Historical Context 12 Aims of the Present Study 16 Structure 18 Sources 19 Theoretical Framework 20 Previous Scholarship 22 Part I Dissent and Consent 28 1 Voices of Dissent: Preaching and Negotiating Authority 30 Organisation of the Ecclesiastics’ Group 32 Major Political and Social Themes in the Ecclesiastics’ Writings 42 Conclusion 65 2 Voices of Consent: Imperial Rhetoricians, Theatra and Patronage 69 Theatra and Imperial Involvement 70 Profile and Organisation of the Rhetoricians 75 Connections among the Members of the Literary Court 79 The Rhetorical Landscape in the Late Palaiologan Period 86 Main Themes in the Rhetoricians’ Writings 90 Conclusion 111 Part II Other Voices, Other Approaches: Manuel II’s Political Writings 114 Introduction to Part II 116 Further Methodological Considerations 116 An Overview of the Emperor’s Rhetorical oeuvre 119 The Emperor’s Political Texts 122 3 The Deliberative Voice: The Dialogue with the Empress-Mother on Marriage 124 Contents and Structure 126 Genre 127 Constructing Dialogic Authority 128 Conclusion 134 4 The Didactic Voice

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Leonte, Florin;

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