Beginning of the Macedonian Renaissance

Timeline

1. 867–886Constantinople · ByzantineAfter acceding to the throne, Basil I reorganized the court's scholarly institutions, restored emphasis on classical education, and established centers of copying and scholarship, laying the institutional foundation for the Renaissance; scholars such as Photius promoted the organization of texts during his tenure as patriarch.
2. 900–959Constantinople scholarly center · ByzantineThe court and monasteries copied classical Greek and early Christian texts on a large scale; Constantine VII presided over the compilation of works such as De Administrando Imperio, and philosophy, history, and encyclopedic scholarship flourished as never before.