Philologia et historia: Vasile Grecu (1885‑1972) and the Development of Byzantine Philology
Philologia et historia: Vasile Grecu (1885‑1972) and the Development of Byzantine Philology
Author(s): Octavian-Adrian NegoițăSubject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Philology
Published by: Herlo Verlag UG
Keywords: Byzantine studies; Byzantine philology; Romanian historiography; Byzantine and post‑Byzantine literature; Byzantine chronicles and historians; Greek manuscript culture;
Summary/Abstract: This paper explores the life and scholarly activity of Vasile Grecu (1885‑1972), one of the foremost representatives of the Romanian school of Byzantine studies in the twentieth century. Educated in Czernowitz and Vienna, Grecu emerged as a distinguished historian and philologist whose research made significant contributions to the understanding of Byzantine history, literature, and art. His career was marked by a rigorous interdisciplinary methodology that combined historical inquiry with philological precision. As his academic work laid the foundations for the institutional and intellectual advance of Byzantine studies in Romania, this paper investigates Grecu’s contribution to the broader development of the discipline.
Journal: Études byzantines et post-byzantines
- Issue Year: 7/2025
- Issue No: XIV
- Page Range: 325-364
- Page Count: 40
- Language: English
