Byzantino Normannica

Author : Alexēs G. K. Savvidēs
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9042919116

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Byzantino-Normannica by Alexēs G. K. Savvidēs Pdf

The monograph, based on Greek, Latin and Old French primary sources (especially Anna Komnene's Alexiad and William of Apulia's Gesta Roberti Wiscardi), as well as on a wide range of secondary material available in several languages, attempts a detailed description of the first century of Byzantine-Norman relations, namely from the early 11th to the early 12th century, focusing on the first two Norman expeditions against Byzantium's Ionian and Helladic possessions (1081-1085 and 1107-1108). The diplomatic background related to the intricacies of Byzantium's external affairs in one of its most perplexed historical periods, is discussed throughout in detail, making use of pertinent research from recent decades when studies on Byzantine diplomatic history have progressed considerably. Of particular interest in this book is the prosopography of the period (both Byzantine and Western), while special attention is also given to matters of chronology as well as to the historical geography and topography of the locations involved in the Ionian Sea (Septinsular area), southern Albania and northwestern Hellas (especially Epeiros and western Macedonia). The background of the first two Norman invasions, delineating Byzantine-Norman contacts since the late 1030s until the eve of the first Norman campaign of 1080/81, is also treated by describing some interesting terms and connotations encountered in both Byzantine and Western sources.

Author : Clare Vernon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780755635757

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From Byzantine to Norman Italy by Clare Vernon Pdf

This is the first major study to comprehensively analyze the art and architecture of the archdiocese of Bari and Canosa during the Byzantine period and the upheaval of the Norman conquest. The book places Bari and Canosa in a Mediterranean context, arguing that international connections with the eastern Mediterranean were a continuous thread that shaped art and architecture throughout the Byzantine and Norman eras. Clare Vernon has examined a wide variety of media, including architecture, sculpture, metalwork, manuscripts, epigraphy and luxury portable objects, as well as patronage, to illustrate how cross-cultural encounters, the first crusade, slavery and continuities and disruptions in the relationship with Constantinople, shaped the visual culture of the archdiocese. From Byzantine to Norman Italy will appeal to students and scholars of Byzantine art, the medieval Mediterranean and the Italo-Norman world.

Author : Elizabeth Lapina
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780271073132

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Warfare and the Miraculous in the Chronicles of the First Crusade by Elizabeth Lapina Pdf

In Warfare and the Miraculous in the Chronicles of the First Crusade, Elizabeth Lapina examines a variety of these chronicles, written both by participants in the crusade and by those who stayed behind. Her goal is to understand the enterprise from the perspective of its contemporaries and near contemporaries. Lapina analyzes the diversity of ways in which the chroniclers tried to justify the First Crusade as a “holy war,” where physical violence could be not just sinless, but salvific. The book focuses on accounts of miracles reported to have happened in the course of the crusade, especially the miracle of the intervention of saints in the Battle of Antioch. Lapina shows why and how chroniclers used these miracles to provide historical precedent and to reconcile the messiness of history with the conviction that history was ordered by divine will. In doing so, she provides an important glimpse into the intellectual efforts of the chronicles and their authors, illuminating their perspectives toward the concepts of history, salvation, and the East. Warfare and the Miraculous in the Chronicles of the First Crusade demonstrates how these narratives sought to position the crusade as an event in the time line of sacred history. Lapina offers original insights into the effects of the crusade on the Western imaginary as well as how medieval authors thought about and represented history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004499249

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A Companion to Byzantium and the West, 900-1204 by Anonim Pdf

This book explores the complex history of contact and exchange between Byzantium and the Latin West over a formative period of more than three hundred years, with a focus on the political, ecclesiastical and cultural spheres.

Author : Marek Meško
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9783031262968

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Alexios I Komnenos in the Balkans, 1081–1095 by Marek Meško Pdf

​This book provides a new military history of Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos's campaigns in the Balkans, during the first fourteen years of his rule. While the tactics and manoeuvres Alexios used against Robert Guiscard's Normans are relatively well-known, his strategy in dealing with Pecheneg and Cuman adversaries in the region has received less attention in historical scholarship. This book provides a much-need synthesis of these three closely linked campaigns – often treated as discrete events – revealing a surprising coherence in Alexios' response, and explores the position of Byzantium's army and navy on the eve of the First Crusade.

Author : Marianne Sághy,Robert G. Ousterhout
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9789633862971

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Piroska and the Pantokrator by Marianne Sághy,Robert G. Ousterhout Pdf

This book is about the Christ Pantokrator, an imposing monumental complex serving monastic, dynastic, medical and social purposes in Constantinople, founded by Emperor John II Komnenos and Empress Piroska-Eirene in 1118. Now called the Zeyrek Mosque, the second largest Byzantine religious edifice after Hagia Sophia still standing in Istanbul represents the most remarkable architectural and the most ambitious social project of the Komnenian dynasty. This volume approaches the Pantokrator from a special perspective, focusing on its co-founder, Empress Piroska-Eirene, the daughter of the Hungarian king Ladislaus I. This particular vantage point enables its authors to explore not only the architecture, the monastic and medical functions of the complex, but also Hungarian-Byzantine relations, the cultural and religious history of early medieval Hungary, imperial representation, personal faith and dynastic holiness. Piroska's wedding with John Komnenos came to be perceived as a union of East and West. The life of the Empress, a "sainted ruler," and her memory in early Árpádian Hungary and Komnenian Byzantium are discussed in the context of women and power, monastic foundations, architectural innovations, and spiritual models.

Author : Georgios Theotokis
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843839217

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Norman Campaigns in the Balkans, 1081-1108 by Georgios Theotokis Pdf

First full-length analysis of Norman military organisation in the Balkans: events, strategy, and tactics.

Author : Georgios Theotokis,Marek Meško
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 46,8 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 : Benjamin Z. Kedar,Jonathan Phillips,Jonathan Riley-Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351985628

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Crusades by Benjamin Z. Kedar,Jonathan Phillips,Jonathan Riley-Smith Pdf

Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Routledge publishes this journal for The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. Particular attention is given to the publication of historical sources in all relevant languages - narrative, homiletic and documentary - in trustworthy editions, but studies and interpretative essays are welcomed too. Crusades appears in both print and online editions. Peter W. Edbury again features in an issue of Crusades, this time with his piece on The French translation of William of Tyre's Historia: the manuscript tradition.

Author : Florin Curta
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1426 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004395190

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Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages (500-1300) (2 vols) by Florin Curta Pdf

Winner of the 2020 Verbruggen prize This book offers an an overview of the current state of research and a basic route map for navigating an abundant historiography available in 10 different languages. The book is also an invitation to comparison between various parts of the region over the same period.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Byzantine Empire
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132140505

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Byzantinoslavica by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alexēs G. K. Savvidēs,Benjamin Hendrickx,Alicia J. Simpson,Thekla Sansaridou-Hendrickx
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015079302603

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Encyclopaedic Prosopographical Lexicon of Byzantine History and Civilization: Baanes-Eznik of Kolb by Alexēs G. K. Savvidēs,Benjamin Hendrickx,Alicia J. Simpson,Thekla Sansaridou-Hendrickx Pdf

The idea of publishing an extensive Encyclopaedic Prosopographical Lexicon of Byzantine History and Civilization (EPLBHC) was conceived in Greece, where - with Alexios Savvides as founding editor - the first volume of the Greek EPLBHC was prepared and eventually appeared in 1996. Six volumes have been published so far, the last two (V-VI) in early summer 2006, covering letters alpha, beta, gamma, delta, and epsilon, but obviously not including C, which in Greek is divided to a large extent under K (kappa) and to a lesser extent under ? (khi). On the other hand, the gamma entries will appear under G in the English edition. Volumes I to IV of the Greek edition (1996-2002), accompanied by a separate bibliographical volume on secondary works reaching the year 1998 (2000), have been extensively cited both in lengthy reviews and footnote references. Thus, it was recently decided to continue the project on a much larger scale and to launch it in English, in this way opening it to a much wider reading public. The Greek project will continue, as well, with each project complementing the other.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Crusades
ISBN : STANFORD:36105129707365

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Crusades by Anonim Pdf

Author : Joachim Bretschneider,Jan Driessen,Karel van Lerberghe
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9042918314

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Power and Architecture by Joachim Bretschneider,Jan Driessen,Karel van Lerberghe Pdf

The idea that societies and rulers express their power through monumental architecture is not a new one, but this collection of essays, the result of a 2002 conference in Leuven, takes the arguement back to the very beginnings of monumental architecture in the Bronze Age Near East and Aegean, to ask if this process can be linked to a particular ...

Author : Jean Claude Goyon,Christine Cardin
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 1024 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9042917172

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Actes Du Neuvième Congrès International Des Égyptologues by Jean Claude Goyon,Christine Cardin Pdf

This massive 2 volume set contains 200 papers from the Congress, held in Grenoble, 6-12 Sept 2004. These papers cover the whole field of the present egyptological researches, from the Origins to the Graeco-roman period.