Floris Bernard studied Classics in Ghent and Athens, and obtained a PhD in Literature at Ghent University with a dissertation on eleventh-century poetry. He was a Fellow at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington DC and is currently post-doctoral research fellow in Ghent.

• List of Figures ; List of Abbreviations ; Note to the Reader ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Concepts ; 3. Readings ; 4. Collections ; 5. Ambitions ; 6. Education ; 7. Competitions ; 8. Patronage ; Conclusions ; Bibliography ; General Index ; Index of Poems ; Index of Manuscripts

Rich in close readings and approaching its subject from a variety of angles, this book is in a sense a literary history of Byzantine secular poetry in the eleventh century, or more precisely 1025-1081.. . . [A]n important synthesis of previous scholarship on the, until lately, somewhat ignored category of Byzantine verse. It is, however, also an important contribution in itself, promoting several ideas about the writers of verse and their audience. . . . [A] very useful reference tool for further work.

Floris Bernard studied Classics in Ghent and Athens, and obtained a PhD in Literature at Ghent University with a dissertation on eleventh-century poetry. He was a Fellow at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington DC and is currently post-doctoral research fellow in Ghent.

• List of Figures ; List of Abbreviations ; Note to the Reader ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Concepts ; 3. Readings ; 4. Collections ; 5. Ambitions ; 6. Education ; 7. Competitions ; 8. Patronage ; Conclusions ; Bibliography ; General Index ; Index of Poems ; Index of Manuscripts

Rich in close readings and approaching its subject from a variety of angles, this book is in a sense a literary history of Byzantine secular poetry in the eleventh century, or more precisely 1025-1081.. . . [A]n important synthesis of previous scholarship on the, until lately, somewhat ignored category of Byzantine verse. It is, however, also an important contribution in itself, promoting several ideas about the writers of verse and their audience. . . . [A] very useful reference tool for further work.

Floris Bernard studied Classics in Ghent and Athens, and obtained a PhD in Literature at Ghent University with a dissertation on eleventh-century poetry. He was a Fellow at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington DC and is currently post-doctoral research fellow in Ghent.

• List of Figures ; List of Abbreviations ; Note to the Reader ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Concepts ; 3. Readings ; 4. Collections ; 5. Ambitions ; 6. Education ; 7. Competitions ; 8. Patronage ; Conclusions ; Bibliography ; General Index ; Index of Poems ; Index of Manuscripts

Rich in close readings and approaching its subject from a variety of angles, this book is in a sense a literary history of Byzantine secular poetry in the eleventh century, or more precisely 1025-1081.. . . [A]n important synthesis of previous scholarship on the, until lately, somewhat ignored category of Byzantine verse. It is, however, also an important contribution in itself, promoting several ideas about the writers of verse and their audience. . . . [A] very useful reference tool for further work.