Palaeologan Renaissance: Art and Architecture in Late Byzantium (1261–1453)

1. Mystras grows into a key late-Byzantine center

   Jan 1, 1249Labels: Mystras, Morea

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2. Byzantines retake Constantinople from the Latins

   Jul 25, 1261Labels: Constantinople, Empire of

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3. Michael VIII’s regime consolidates a restored empire

   Jan 1, 1262Labels: Michael VIII, Palaiologos dynasty

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4. Imperial women expand monastic patronage at Lips

   Jan 1, 1281Labels: Monastery of, Theodora Palaiologina

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5. Thessaloniki becomes a leading artistic workshop city

   Jan 1, 1310Labels: Thessaloniki, Church of

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6. Pammakaristos parekklesion added for aristocratic commemoration

   Jan 1, 1310Labels: Pammakaristos, parekklesion

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7. Metochites commissions the Chora mosaics and frescoes

   Jan 1, 1315Labels: Chora, Theodore Metochites

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8. Hesychast controversy reshapes late Byzantine religious culture

   Jan 1, 1337Labels: Hesychasm, church councils

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9. Mystras churches receive major late Byzantine fresco cycles

   Jan 1, 1348Labels: Peribleptos Monastery, Mystras

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10. Despotate of the Morea strengthens Mystras patronage

    Jan 1, 1349Labels: Despotate of, Mystras

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11. Council of Ferrara–Florence seeks church union

    Jul 6, 1439Labels: Council of, church union

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12. Constantinople falls; late Byzantine court culture ends

    May 29, 1453Labels: Fall of, Ottoman conquest

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