Background
Geanakoplos, Deno John was born on August 11, 1916 in Minneapolis. Son of John Christ and Helen (Economou) Geanakoplos.
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Deno John Geanakoplos here offers a prodigious collection of source materials on the Byzantine church, society, and civilization (many translated for the first time into English), arranged chronologically and topically, and knit together with an analytical historical commentary. His selections from Byzantine writers as well as from more obscure documents and chronicles in Latin, Arabic, Slavic, Italian, Armenian, and French reflect all the diversity of Byzantine life—the military tactics of the long-invincible cataphract cavalry and the warships armed with Greek fire, the mysticism of Hesychast monks, the duties of imperial officers, the activities of daily life from the Hippodrome and Hagia Sophia to the marketplaces, baths, and brothels. Geanakoplos not only covers the traditional areas of political, ecclesiastical, socioeconomic, administrative, and military life, but also provides a vivid picture of Byzantine culture—education, philosophy, literature, theology, medicine, and science. Of particular interest are the insights into the empire's relations with the Latin West, the Slavs, the Arabs, the Turks, and other neighboring peoples. Byzantium is much more than a sourcebook. The running commentary reflects the most recent scholarly research in Byzantine studies and places each translated source in its precise historical context. Through the use of both primary sources and commentary, Geanakoplos has represented in all its richness and complexity one of the world's great civilizations. There is no comparable book on Byzantine history and civilization in any language.
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Deno John Geanakoplos demonstrates the fusion of Byzantine and Latin cultural and ecelsiastical relations in the Renaissance.
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Geanakoplos, Deno John was born on August 11, 1916 in Minneapolis. Son of John Christ and Helen (Economou) Geanakoplos.
Diploma in violin, Juilliard School Music, 1939; Bachelor of Arts, University Minnesota, 1941; Master of Arts, University Minnesota, 1946; the Doctor of Letters, University Pisa, Italy, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1953; Master of Arts (honorary), Yale University, 1967; Doctor of Literature (honorary), Hellenic College.
Violinist,, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, 1939-1942, 46;
teaching fellow, Harvard University, 1951-1953;
fellow, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, 1949-1950;
instructor history, Brandeis U., 1953-1954;
professor, Greek Theological School, Boston, 1953-1954;
from assistant professor to professor Western medieval and Renaissance history, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1954-1967;
professor departments history and religious studies, Yale University and Yale Division School
teaching Byzantine and Renaissance history, history, Eastern Orthodox Church, since 1967;
Bradford Durfee professor of history, Eastern Orthodox Church, since 1986. Lecturer universities, Athens, Greece, 1961, Paris, 1964, Salonika, Greece, 1964, Rome, 1964, Oxford, England, 1967. University of Illinois, Chicago, 1967, Cini Foundation, Venice, Italy, 1962-1968.
Lecturer on Orthodoxy, Rosary College, Chicago, 1959. Speaker British Ecclesiastical History Society, Oxford, 1976, Cambridge U.,1973. Attended Vatican II Council, 1964, Council of Chalcedon conference World Council Churches, Geneva, 1969, Greek Orthodox-Jewish Colloquium, New York City, 1972.
Annual lecturer Institute Balkan Studies, Salonika. Member United States Committee Byzantine Studies.
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Trustee Hellenic College Served to captain Quartermaster Corps, Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow Medieval Academy American. Member American History Association, Church History Society (executive committee 1967-1972, president-elect 1983-1984), Renaissance Society of America (executive committee 1979), Cretan History Society, Society Byzantine Studies (Athens), Society Macedonian Studies (Salonika), Modern Greek Studies Association, Greek History Society, Orthodox Theological Society of America.
Married Effie Vranos, August 23, 1953 (deceased 2001). Children: John, Constance.