Feudalism in History
In: American Slavic and East European Review, Band 16, Heft 4, S. 542
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In: American Slavic and East European Review, Band 16, Heft 4, S. 542
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 282, Heft 1, S. 172-173
ISSN: 1552-3349
In: The review of politics, Band 10, Heft 3, S. 310-331
ISSN: 1748-6858
The problem of the Patriarch Photius involved one of the most tangled and bitter differences that hamper friendly relations between Eastern and Western Christianity. Since the Renaissance, Photius, a Greek scholar of the ninth century, has been venerated by philosophers and philologists alike as the genius who among others was instrumental in transmitting to later generations classical Greek and Hellenic culture. On the other hand, Photius' name has been associated with the rise of the first schism in the ninth century when, under Pope Nicholas I, Photius played a prominent part in the first clash between the papacy and the East. The result is that the same man who is venerated as a saint by the Eastern Church, and as one of the last living witnesses of the tradition of the early Christian Fathers, has been for centuries regarded by the Christian West as the father of the great schism, as a prevaricator who falsified papal letters and conciliar Acts, and as a symbol of pride and lust for ecclesiastical domination. It is evident that both views cannot be right. Hence, the history of the Patriarch still stands as the greatest stumbling block barring the way to a better understanding between eastern and western Christendom. The apparent impossibility of reconciling such contradictory estimates has left historians with the feeling that history in this case finds itself in a cul-de-sac.
In: The review of politics, Band 10, S. 310
ISSN: 0034-6705
In: The review of politics, Band 9, S. 463
ISSN: 0034-6705
In: American Slavic and East European Review, Band 16, Heft 4, S. 556
In: American Slavic and East European Review, Band 14, Heft 4, S. 557