Byzantine Narrative

Author : John Burke,Ursula Betka,Penelope Buckley,Kathleen Hay,Roger Scott,Andrew Stephenson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004344877

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Byzantine Narrative by John Burke,Ursula Betka,Penelope Buckley,Kathleen Hay,Roger Scott,Andrew Stephenson Pdf

"Byzantine Narrative: Papers in Honour of Roger Scott"--"Copyright"--"Dedication" -- "Contents" -- "Introduction" -- "Roger Scott" -- "List of Illustrations" -- "KEYNOTE PAPERS" -- "Novelisation in Byzantium: Narrative after the Revival of Fiction" -- "Narrating Justinian: From Malalas to Manasses" -- "NARRATIVE IN HISTORIANS, CHRONICLES & FICTION" -- "To Narrate the Events of the Past: On Byzantine Historians, and Historians on Byzantium" -- "Tradition and Originality in Photius' Historical Reading" -- "Narrating the Trials and Death in Exile of Pope Martin I and Maximus the Confessor" -- "The Use of Metaphor in Michael Psellos' Chronographia" -- "War and Peace in the Alexiad" -- "Moralising History: the Synopsis Historiarum of John Skylitzes" -- "The Representation of Augustae in John Skylitzes' Synopsis Historiarum" -- "The Madrid Skylitzes as an Audio-Visual Experiment" -- "The Goths and the Bees in Jordanes: A Narrative of No Return" -- "From 'Fallen Woman' to Theotokos: Music, Women's Voices and Byzantine Narratives of Gender Identity" -- "How the Entertaining Tale of Quadrupeds became a Tale: Grafting Narrative" -- "Lamenting the Fall or Disguising a Manifesto? The Poem Conquest of Constantinople" -- "A Probable Solution to the Problem of the Chronicle of the Turkish Sultans" -- "NARRATIVE IN BYZANTINE ART" -- "The Narration of Christ' s Passion in Early Christian Art" -- "Observations on the Paintings of the Exodus Chapel, Bagawat Necropolis, Kharga Oasis, Egypt" -- "The Column of Arcadius: Retlections of a Roman Narrative Tradition" -- "Biblical Narrative in the Mosaics of Bishop Theodore's Cathedral, Aquileia" -- "Plato, Plutarch and the Sibyl in the Fresco Decoration of the Episcopal Church of the Virgin Ljeviška in Prizren" -- "Narrativity in Armenian Manuscript Illustration

Author : Stratis Papaioannou
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199351770

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The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Literature by Stratis Papaioannou Pdf

This volume, the first ever of its kind in English, introduces and surveys Greek literature in Byzantium (330 - 1453 CE). In twenty-five chapters composed by leading specialists, The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Literature surveys the immense body of Greek literature produced from the fourth to the fifteenth century CE and advances a nuanced understanding of what "literature" was in Byzantium. This volume is structured in four sections. The first, "Materials, Norms, Codes," presents basic structures for understanding the history of Byzantine literature like language, manuscript book culture, theories of literature, and systems of textual memory. The second, "Forms," deals with the how Byzantine literature works: oral discourse and "text"; storytelling; rhetoric; re-writing; verse; and song. The third section ("Agents") focuses on the creators of Byzantine literature, both its producers and its recipients. The final section, entitled "Translation, Transmission, Edition," surveys the three main ways by which we access Byzantine Greek literature today: translations into other Byzantine languages during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages; Byzantine and post-Byzantine manuscripts; and modern printed editions. The volume concludes with an essay that offers a view of the recent past--as well as the likely future--of Byzantine literary studies.

Author : Elena N. Boeck
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781107085817

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Imagining the Byzantine Past by Elena N. Boeck Pdf

The first comparative, cross-cultural study of medieval illustrated histories that engages in a direct, confrontational dialogue with Byzantine historical memory.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004685758

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Narrative, Imagination and Concepts of Fiction in Late Antique Hagiography by Anonim Pdf

This volume explores concepts of fiction in late antique hagiographical narrative in different cultural and literary traditions. It includes Greek, Latin, Syriac, Armenian, Persian and Arabic material. Whereas scholarship in these texts has traditionally focussed on historical questions, this book approaches imaginative narrative as an inherent element of the genre of hagiography that deserves to be studied in its own right. The chapters explore narrative complexities related to fiction, such as invention, authentication, intertextuality, imagination and fictionality. Together, they represent an innovative exploration of how these concepts relate to hagiographical discourses of truth and the religious notion of belief, while paying due attention to the various factors and contexts that impact readers’ responses.

Author : Clare Teresa M. Shawcross,Ida Toth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 745 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108418416

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Reading in the Byzantine Empire and Beyond by Clare Teresa M. Shawcross,Ida Toth Pdf

The first comprehensive introduction in English to books, readers and reading in Byzantium and the wider medieval world surrounding it.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004363731

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A Companion to the Byzantine Culture of War, ca. 300-1204 by Anonim Pdf

The Byzantine Culture of War offers a critical approach to the study of military organisation and warfare as fundamental aspects of the East Roman society and culture in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

Author : Stephanos Efthymiadis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351393270

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The Ashgate Research Companion to Byzantine Hagiography by Stephanos Efthymiadis Pdf

For an entire millennium, Byzantine hagiography, inspired by the veneration of many saints, exhibited literary dynamism and a capacity to vary its basic forms. The subgenres into which it branched out after its remarkable start in the fourth century underwent alternating phases of development and decline that were intertwined with changes in the political, social and literary spheres. The selection of saintly heroes, an interest in depicting social landscapes, and the modulation of linguistic and stylistic registers captured the voice of homo byzantinus down to the end of the empire in the fifteenth century. The seventeen chapters in this companion form the sequel to those in volume I which dealt with the periods and regions of Byzantine hagiography, and complete the first comprehensive survey ever produced in this field. The book is the work of an international group of experts in the field and is addressed to both a broader public and the scholarly community of Byzantinists, medievalists, historians of religion and theorists of narrative. It highlights the literary dimension and the research potential of a representative number of texts, not only those appreciated by the Byzantines themselves but those which modern readers rank high due to their literary quality or historical relevance.

Author : Mati Meyer,Charis Messis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781040043455

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The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in Byzantium by Mati Meyer,Charis Messis Pdf

This Handbook is the first to consider the interrelated subjects of gender and sexuality in the Eastern Roman Empire from an interdisciplinary perspective. Drawing on both modern theories and Byzantine perceptions, and considering multiple periods and religions (Eastern Orthodox, Islamic, and Jewish), it provides evidentiary textual and visual material support for an analysis of the two linked themes. Broadly, the essays demonstrate that gender and sexual constructs in Byzantium were porous. As a result, they expand our knowledge of not only how sex and gender were conceived and performed but also how ideas and practices shaped Byzantine life. The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in Byzantium will be an indispensable guide for students and scholars of late antique and Byzantine religion, history, culture, and art, who will find it a useful critical survey of current scholarship and one that shines new light in their areas of research. The focus on issues of gender and sexuality may also be of interest to individuals concerned with Eastern Mediterranean culture, as well as to the broader public. Chapter 21 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Author : R. J. Macrides
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 1409412067

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History as Literature in Byzantium by R. J. Macrides Pdf

Although perceived since the 16th century as the most impressive literary achievement of Byzantine culture, historical writing nevertheless remains little studied as literature. This book, devoted to literary interpretations of Byzantine historical writing and analyses of pictorial narratives, illustrates how analyses of texts and images from the 6th to the 14th century work hand in hand with an evaluation of the work as a document of historical value.

Author : Aglae Pizzone
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614515197

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The Author in Middle Byzantine Literature by Aglae Pizzone Pdf

Author and authorship have become increasingly important concepts in Byzantine literary studies. This volume provides the first comprehensive survey on strategies of authorship in Middle Byzantine literature and investigates the interaction between self-presentation and cultural production in a wide array of genres, providing new insights into how Byzantine intellectuals conceived of their own work and pursuits.

Author : Charis Messis,Margaret Mullett,Ingela Nilsson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9151303620

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Storytelling in Byzantinum by Charis Messis,Margaret Mullett,Ingela Nilsson Pdf

Author : George T. Calofonos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317148159

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Dreaming in Byzantium and Beyond by George T. Calofonos Pdf

Although the actual dreaming experience of the Byzantines lies beyond our reach, the remarkable number of dream narratives in the surviving sources of the period attests to the cardinal function of dreams as vehicles of meaning, and thus affords modern scholars access to the wider cultural fabric of symbolic representations of the Byzantine world. Whether recounting real or invented dreams, the narratives serve various purposes, such as political and religious agendas, personal aspirations or simply an author’s display of literary skill. It is only in recent years that Byzantine dreaming has attracted scholarly attention, and important publications have suggested the way in which Byzantines reshaped ancient interpretative models and applied new perceptions to the functions of dreams. This book - the first collection of studies on Byzantine dreams to be published - aims to demonstrate further the importance of closely examining dreams in Byzantium in their wider historical and cultural, as well as narrative, context. Linked by this common thread, the essays offer insights into the function of dreams in hagiography, historiography, rhetoric, epistolography, and romance. They explore gender and erotic aspects of dreams; they examine cross-cultural facets of dreaming, provide new readings, and contextualize specific cases; they also look at the Greco-Roman background and Islamic influences of Byzantine dreams and their Christianization. The volume provides a broad variety of perspectives, including those of psychoanalysis and anthropology.

Author : Mihail Mitrea
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000833133

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Holiness on the Move: Mobility and Space in Byzantine Hagiography by Mihail Mitrea Pdf

Holiness on the Move: Mobility and Space in Byzantine Hagiography explores the literary, religious, and social functions of monastic mobility in Byzantine hagiography, touching on aspects of space, narrative, and identity. The ten chapters included in this volume highlight the multifaceted and rich nature of travel narratives, exploring topics such as authorship and audience, narrative structure and function, identity-making and practicalities of and discourse on travel. In terms of geographical span, the case studies cover Constantinople and its hinterland, Asia Minor, mainland Greece, Trebizond, the Balkans, and southern Italy and range chronologically from the end of the sixth to the fourteenth century. The contributions offer novel insights and perspectives on the importance of mobility in the literary construction of holiness in the Byzantine world and the wider medieval Mediterranean, the spatial dimension of sacred mobility, and the ways in which mobility is employed in the narrative construction of hagiographical texts. As such, the volume joins the burgeoning research on sacred mobilities and will interest students and scholars of Byzantine and medieval literature, religion, and history, as well as a wider readership with an interest in the study of space and mobility.

Author : Roger Scott
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351219440

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Byzantine Chronicles and the Sixth Century by Roger Scott Pdf

Byzantine chronicles have traditionally been regarded as a somewhat inferior form of Byzantine history writing, especially in comparison with 'classicizing' historians. The aim of many of these papers is both to rescue the reputation of the Byzantine chroniclers, especially Malalas and Theophanes, and also to provide some examples of how these two chroniclers in particular can be exploited usefully both to reveal aspects of the past itself, notably of the period of Justinian, and also of how the Byzantines interpreted their own past, which included on occasions rewriting that past to suit altered contemporary needs. For the period of Justinian in particular, proper attention to aspects of the humble Byzantine chronicle can also help achieve a better understanding of the period than that provided by the classicizing Procopius with his emphasis on war and conquest. By considering more general aspects of the place of history-writing in Byzantine culture, the papers also help explain why history remained such an important aspect of Byzantine culture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004307728

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Fictional Storytelling in the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean and Beyond by Anonim Pdf

This volume highlights the wealth of medieval storytelling and the fundamental unity of the medieval Mediterranean by combining in a comprehensive overview popular eastern tales along with their Greek adaptations and examining Byzantine love tales, both learned and vernacular, alongside their Persian counterparts and the later adaptations of Western romances.