Cardinal Bessarion (1403-1472) : most Latin of Greeks, most Greek of Latins /

"Cardinal Bessarion was a towering figure in the fifteenth century Renaissance. His life spanned the century. In his sixty-nine years of life he was a stellar student, a Basilian monk, a Greek Orthodox archbishop, a Roman cardinal, a papal diplomat, an eminent humanist and scholar. Bessarion�...

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