There and back again: on the influence of Psellos on the career of Mauropous

• Autores: Nepheli Mauche, Jack Roskilly
• Localización: Byzantinische zeitschrift, ISSN 0007-7704, Vol. 111, Nº. 3, 2018, págs. 721-746
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Some aspects of the life of John Mauropous are still unclear. It is often assumed that his nomination as metropolitan bishop of Euchaita was a disguised exile from the imperial Court. However, it took him more than twenty years to come back to Constantinople after quitting his bishopric. The close analysis of the relationship between Mauropous and Psellos, another exile from Constantine Monomachos’ Court, will lead us to reconsider the conditions of the departure and the return of Mauropous. If his nomination was not the described exile, his resignation was conditioned with the willing of Psellos, who was his main support in the capital but was not as reliable friend as he seemed to.