Efthimios,
You mention that you want to write a thesis on Byzantine
influences on Middle English religious texts but have not found much
information on this subject. You may want to look at Brant Pelphrey's
*Love Was His Meaning: The Theology of Mysticism of Julian of
Norwich,* Salzburg: Institut fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik,
Universitat Salzburg, 1982. Although he doesn't argue for direct
influence, Pelphrey points out similarities between Orthodox theories
of mysticism and Julian's text, drawing on the works of many early
Eastern theologians. This book may put you on to some other works that
will be useful.
Denise Baker
U. of North Carolina at Greensboro
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