Art Power And Patronage In The Principality Of Epirus 1204 1318

Author : Leonela Fundić
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000590357

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Art, Power, and Patronage in the Principality of Epirus, 1204–1318 by Leonela Fundić Pdf

The Principality of Epirus was a medieval Greek state established in the western part of the Balkans after the fall of Constantinople to the forces of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. The Epirote rulers from the Komnenos Doukas family claimed to be legitimate successors to the Byzantine imperial throne and, with the support of the high clergy and the aristocracy within their domain, carefully maintained their Byzantine identity under the conditions of exile. This book explores a corpus of Epirote architecture, frescoes, sculpture, and inscriptions from the early thirteenth to the early fourteenth century within a comparative and interdisciplinary framework, focusing on the nexus of art, patronage, and political ideology. Through an examination of a vast array of visual and textual sources, many of them understudied or hitherto unpublished, the book uncovers how the Epirote elite mobilised art and material culture to address the issues of succession and legitimacy, construct memory, reclaim Constantinople, and mediate encounters and exchanges with the Latin West. In doing so, this study offers a new perspective on Byzantine political and cultural history in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade.

Author : Sophia Kalopissi-Verti,Vicky Foskolou
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 2503598501

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Intercultural Encounters in Medieval Greece After 1204 by Sophia Kalopissi-Verti,Vicky Foskolou Pdf

Based on the evidence of artistic production and material culture this collective volume aims at exploring cross-cultural relations and interaction between Greeks and Latins in late medieval Greece in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade. Fourteen essays discuss mostly new and unpublished archaeological and artistic material, including architecture, sculpture, wall-paintings and icons, pottery and other small finds, but also the evidence of music and poetry. Through the surviving material of these artistic activities this volume explores the way Byzantines and Latins lived side by side on the Greek mainland and the Aegean islands from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries and traces the mechanisms that led to the emergence of the new, composite world of the Latin East. Issues of identity, patronage, papal policy, the missionary activities of the Latin religious orders and the reactions and responses of the Byzantines are also re-considered, offering fresh insights into and a better understanding of the various manifestations of the interrelationship between the two ethnicities, confessions and cultures.

Author : Luc-Normand Tellier
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030248420

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Urban World History by Luc-Normand Tellier Pdf

This book seeks to deepen readers’ understanding of world history by investigating urbanization and the evolution of urban systems, as well as the urban world, from the perspective of historical analysis. The theoretical framework of the approach stems directly from space-economy, and, more generally, from location theory and the theory of urban systems. The author explores a certain logic to be found in world history, and argues that this logic is spatial (in terms of spatial inertia, spatial trends, attractive and repulsive forces, vector fields, etc.) rather than geographical (in terms of climate, precipitation, hydrography). Accordingly, the book puts forward a truly original vision of urban world history, one that will benefit economists, historians, regional scientists, and anyone with a healthy curiosity.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8651920067

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Byzantine Heritage and Serbian Art by Anonim Pdf

Author : Georgios Theotokis,Marek Meško
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429574771

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War in Eleventh-Century Byzantium by Georgios Theotokis,Marek Meško Pdf

War in Eleventh-Century Byzantium presents new insights and critical approaches to warfare between the Byzantine Empire and its neighbours during the eleventh century. Modern historians have identified the eleventh century as a landmark era in Byzantine history. This was a period of invasions, political tumult, financial crisis and social disruption, but it was also a time of cultural and intellectual innovation and achievement. Despite this, the subject of warfare during this period remains underexplored. Addressing an important gap in the historiography of Byzantium, the volume argues that the eleventh century was a period of important geo-political change, when the Byzantine Empire was attacked on all sides, and its frontiers were breached. This book is valuable reading for scholars and students interested in Byzantium history and military history.

Author : David Ditchburn,Angus Mackay
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134806928

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Atlas of Medieval Europe by David Ditchburn,Angus Mackay Pdf

Covering the period from the fall of the Roman Empire through to the beginnings of the Renaissance, this is an indispensable volume which brings the complex and colourful history of the Middle Ages to life. Key features: * geographical coverage extends to the broadest definition of Europe from the Atlantic coast to the Russian steppes * each map approaches a separate issue or series of events in Medieval history, whilst a commentary locates it in its broader context * as a body, the maps provide a vivid representation of the development of nations, peoples and social structures. With over 140 maps, expert commentaries and an extensive bibliography, this is the essential reference for those who are striving to understand the fundamental issues of this period.

Author : Oana-Maria Cojocaru
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000431940

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Byzantine Childhood by Oana-Maria Cojocaru Pdf

Byzantine Childhood examines the intricacies of growing up in medieval Byzantium, children’s everyday experiences, and their agency. By piecing together a wide range of sources and utilising several methodological approaches inspired by intersectionality, history from below and microhistory, it analyses the life course of Byzantine boys and girls and how medieval Byzantine society perceived and treated them according to societal and cultural expectations surrounding age, gender, and status. Ultimately, it seeks to reconstruct a more plausible picture of the everyday life of children, one of the most vulnerable social groups throughout history and often a neglected subject in scholarship. Written in a lively and engaging manner, this book is necessary reading for scholars and students of Byzantine history, as well as those interested in the history of childhood and the family.

Author : Constantin A Chekrezi
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 101567397X

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Albania Past and Present by Constantin A Chekrezi Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Andrew Petersen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-03-11
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781134613656

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Dictionary of Islamic Architecture by Andrew Petersen Pdf

The Dictionary of Islamic Architecture provides the fullest range of artistic, technical, archaeological, cultural and biographical data for the entire geographical and chronological spread of Islamic architecture - from West Africa through the Middle East to Indonesia, and from the seventh to the eighteenth centuries of the Common Era. Over 500 entries are arranged alphabetically and fully cross-referenced and indexed to permit easy access to the text and to link items of related interest. Four main categories of subject matter are explored: * dynastic and regional overviews * individual site descriptions * biographical entries * technical definitions Over 100 relevant plans, sketch maps, photographs and other illustrations complement and illuminate the entries, and the needs of the reader requiring further information are met by individual entry bibliographies.

Author : Donald M. Nicol
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521261906

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The Despotate of Epiros 1267-1479 by Donald M. Nicol Pdf

The district of Epiros in north-western Greece became an independent province following the Fourth Crusade and the dismemberment of the Byzantine Empire by the Latins in 1204. It retained its independence despite the recovery of Constantinople by the Greeks in 1261. Each of its rulers acquired the Byzantine titles of Despot, from which the term Despotate was coined to describe their territory. They preserved their autonomy partly by seeking support from their foreign neighbours in Italy. The fortunes of Epiros were thus affected by the expansionist plans of the Angevin kings of Naples and the commercial interests of Venice. Until 1318 it was governed by direct descendants of its Byzantine founder. Thereafter it was taken over first by the Italian family of Orsini, then conquered by the Serbians, infiltrated by the Albanians, and appropriated by an Italian adventurer, Carlo Tocco. Like the rest of Byzantium and eastern Europe it was ultimately absorbed into the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth century. The Despotate of Epiros illuminates part of Byzantine history and of the history of Greece in the Middle Ages.

Author : Georgios Theotokis,Dimitrios Sidiropoulos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000390025

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Byzantine Military Rhetoric in the Ninth Century by Georgios Theotokis,Dimitrios Sidiropoulos Pdf

Byzantine Military Rhetoric in the Ninth Century is the first English translation of the ninth-century Anonymi Byzantini Rhetorica Militaris. This influential text offers a valuable insight into the warrior ethic of the period, the role of religion in the justification of war, and the view of other military cultures by the Byzantine elite. It also played a crucial role in the compilation of the tenth-century Taktika and Constantine VII’s harangues during a period of intense military activity for the Byzantine Empire on its eastern borders. Including a detailed commentary and critical introduction to the author and the structure of the text, this book will appeal to all those interested in Byzantine political ideology and military history.

Author : Kemal H. Karpat
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039521005

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Ottoman Population, 1830-1914 by Kemal H. Karpat Pdf

Author : H. J. A. Sire
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300068859

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The Knights of Malta by H. J. A. Sire Pdf

This is a complete history of the Order of St John or Knights of Malta. Founded as a hospice for pilgrims in Jerusalem in the 11th Century, the Order has in succeeding centuries played an important military, religious and political role in the history of Europe and the Mediterranean.

Author : Angeliki E. Laiou,Cécile Morrisson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139465755

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The Byzantine Economy by Angeliki E. Laiou,Cécile Morrisson Pdf

This is a concise survey of the economy of the Byzantine Empire from the fourth century AD to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Organised chronologically, the book addresses key themes such as demography, agriculture, manufacturing and the urban economy, trade, monetary developments, and the role of the state and ideology. It provides a comprehensive overview of the economy with an emphasis on the economic actions of the state and the productive role of the city and non-economic actors, such as landlords, artisans and money-changers. The final chapter compares the Byzantine economy with the economies of western Europe and concludes that the Byzantine economy was one of the most successful examples of a mixed economy in the pre-industrial world. This is the only concise general history of the Byzantine economy and will be essential reading for students of economic history, Byzantine history and medieval history more generally.

Author : Edwin E. Jacques
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Albania
ISBN : UOM:39076002965684

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The Albanians by Edwin E. Jacques Pdf