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The Greek cultural renaissance in the Rumanian principalities, and particularly Wallachia, during the Pre-phanariot period (1670-1714)

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• Καραθανάσης, Αθανάσιος Ε.

In this study the author examines the principal factors in the Danubeprincipalities which contributed to the creation of the Greek Enlightenment.According to the author, the role of Ioannis Karyophyllis was of particularimportance, because he continued the philosophical tradition of his teacher,Theophilos Korydaleus, which was based on Neoaristotelian philosophy.Although the views of Karyophyllis had been accepted in Wallachia, thereaction of his opponents (such as Dositheus, Patriarch of Jerusalem, CallinicusII, Oecumenical Patriarch, and Alexandros Mavrocordatos) was violent.The Wallachian hospodars Constantin Cantacuzene and Constantin Bassarabemade a notable contribution to the establishment of Karyophyllis’s new ideologyin their country. Further contributary factors in the creation of the culturalrenaissance in Wallachia were the Greek professors at the Academy ofBucharest, the Greek humanist clerks, and also the Greek printing press ofBucharest. The part played by the Greek and European artisti (physiciansand philosophers) in the Rumanian principalities was very important, becausethey transported from the West the new European spirit fused with the Orthodoxphilospohical tradition. The contribution of the Greek employees of the Wallachian court and the Greek merchants was also significant.

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