c. 1355–1452/1454
Gemistos Plethon and the Revival of Plato
Georgios Gemistos, known as Plethon, was a late Byzantine philosopher and teacher associated with Mystras. His admiration for Plato challenged the dominance…
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Mystras
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Thirteenth–fifteenth centuries
Mystras: The Wonder of the Morea
Mystras developed around a fortress built in 1249 and passed to Byzantine control in 1262. It became the capital of the Despotate…
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The Last Byzantine Emperor
Constantine XI Palaiologos was the final emperor of Byzantium. Previously despot of the Morea, he was crowned at Mystras and ruled Constantinople…
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