Byzantium Its Neighbours And Its Cultures

Author : Danijel Dzino,Ken Parry
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004344914

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Byzantium, Its Neighbours and Its Cultures by Danijel Dzino,Ken Parry Pdf

Byzantium was one of the longest-lasting empires in history. Throughout the millennium of its existence, the empire showed its capability to change and develop under very different historical circumstances. This remarkable resilience would have been impossible to achieve without the formation of a lasting imperial culture and a strong imperial ideological infrastructure. Imperial culture and ideology required, among other things, to sort out who was ʻinsiderʼ and who was ʻoutsiderʼ and develop ways to define and describe ones neighbours and interact with them. There is an indefinite number of possibilities for the exploration of relationships between Byzantium and its neighbours. The essays in this collection focus on several interconnected clusters of topics and shared research interests, such as the place of neighbours in the context of the empire and imperial ideology, the transfer of knowledge with neighbours, the Byzantine perception of their neighbours and the political relationship and/or the conflict with neighbours.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1168 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:897393141

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The Byzantine Empire by Anonim Pdf

Author : Cyril A. Mango
Publisher : Variorum Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015048775236

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Byzantium and Its Image by Cyril A. Mango Pdf

Author : A. P. Kazhdan,Ann Wharton Epstein
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1990-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 0520069625

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Change in Byzantine Culture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries by A. P. Kazhdan,Ann Wharton Epstein Pdf

Byzantium, that dark sphere on the periphery of medieval Europe, is commonly regarded as the immutable residue of Rome's decline. In this highly original and provocative work, Alexander Kazhdan and Ann Wharton Epstein revise this traditional image by documenting the dynamic social changes that occurred during the eleventh and twelfth centuries.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004517981

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Byzantium to China: Religion, History and Culture on the Silk Roads by Anonim Pdf

This volume celebrates the outstanding achievements of Samuel N. C. Lieu and his contribution to Manichaean, Roman, Byzantine, and Silk Road Studies. Readers will find his wide range of scholarly interests reflected in the contributions of his colleagues and former students.

Author : Angeliki E. Laiou,Henry Maguire
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0884022153

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Byzantium, a World Civilization by Angeliki E. Laiou,Henry Maguire Pdf

These seven chapters, originally given as lectures honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Dumbarton Oaks, cover a wide range of topics, from the relationship of Byzantium with its Islamic, Slavic, and Western European neighbors to the modern reception of Byzantine art.

Author : Leslie Brubaker,Rebecca Darley,Daniel Reynolds
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000624489

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Global Byzantium by Leslie Brubaker,Rebecca Darley,Daniel Reynolds Pdf

Global Byzantium is, in part, a recasting and expansion of the old ‘Byzantium and its neighbours’ theme with, however, a methodological twist away from the resolutely political and toward the cultural and economic. A second thing that Global Byzantium – as a concept – explicitly endorses is comparative methodology. Global Byzantium needs also to address three further issues: cultural capital, the importance of the local, and the empire’s strategic geographical location. Cultural capital: in past decades it was fashionable to define Byzantium as culturally superior to western Christian Europe, and Byzantine influence was a key concept, especially in art historical circles. This concept has been increasingly criticised, and what we now see emerging is a comparative methodology that relies on the concept of ‘competitive sharing’, not blind copying but rather competitive appropriation. The importance of the local is equally critical. We need to talk more about what the Byzantines saw when they ‘looked out’, and what others saw in Byzantium when they ‘looked in’ and to think about how that impacted on our, very post-modern, concepts of globalism. Finally, we need to think about the empire’s strategic geographical position: between the fourth and the thirteenth centuries, if anyone was travelling internationally, they had to travel across (or along the coasts of) the Byzantine Empire. Byzantium was thus a crucial intermediary, for good or for ill, between Europe, Africa, and Asia – effectively, the glue that held the Christian world together, and it was also a critical transit point between the various Islamic polities and the Christian world.

Author : Vic Kovacs
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781508149972

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The Culture of the Byzantine Empire by Vic Kovacs Pdf

Constantinople was once known as the “city of the world,” but this was only one important settlement in the Byzantine Empire. This title explores the geographical reaches of the eastern part of the Roman Empire, with a focus on the multicultural people who made it their home. The text covers the lives of Christians, Jews, and Muslims, as well as the merchants, Viking mercenaries, and barbarian hordes that made this culture unique. Other important social studies topics include arts, architecture, education, and family life. Readers will be fascinated by the ancient world of the Byzantines!

Author : Gillian Spalding-Stracey
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004430518

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The Cross in the Visual Culture of Late Antique Egypt by Gillian Spalding-Stracey Pdf

In The Cross in the Visual Culture of Late Antique Egypt Gillian Spalding-Stracey offers an exploration of the variety of ways in which the Holy Cross was expressed in imagery, in the monastic and ecclesiastical settings of late antique Egypt.

Author : Amelia Robertson Brown,Bronwen Neil
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004349070

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Byzantine Culture in Translation by Amelia Robertson Brown,Bronwen Neil Pdf

This collection on Byzantine culture in translation, edited by Amelia Brown and Bronwen Neil, examines the practices and theories of translation inside the Byzantine empire and beyond its horizons to the east, north and west, from Late Antiquity to the present.

Author : Slobodan Curcic,Doula Mouriki
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691198040

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The Twilight of Byzantium by Slobodan Curcic,Doula Mouriki Pdf

The centuries-long economic and military decline of the Byznatine Empire, which culminated in its political disappearance as a state in 1459, was, paradoxically, accompanied by high levels of cultural achievement. Aimed at broadening our understanding of the final phase of the empire, this collection explores how Byzantine ideological, spiritual, and artistic traditions transcending the economic and political realities of the time. The papers, delivered at an interdisciplinary colloquium held in May 1989 at Princeton University, deal with hagiographic, monastic, literary, architectural, and artistic questions, as well as the general cultural and social issues, of this fascinating period. Along with the editors, the contributors are Smilkjka Gabelic, Thalia Gouma-Peterson, Angela Hero, Robert Ousterhout, Marcus Rautman, Steven Reinert, Alice Mary Talbot, SPeros Vryonis, and John J. Yiannias. Slobodan Curcic is Professor of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University. Doula Mouriki teaches at the Technical University of Athens. Publications of the Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Rustam Shukurov
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000937176

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Byzantine Ideas of Persia, 650–1461 by Rustam Shukurov Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive study into the perceptions of ancient and medieval Iran in the Byzantine empire, exploring the effects of Persian culture upon Byzantine intellectualism, society and culture. Byzantine Ideas of Persia, 650-1461 focusses on the enduring position of ancient Persia in Byzantine cultural memory, encompassing both in the 'religious' and the 'secular' significance. By analysing a wide range of historical sources – from church literature to belles-lettres – this book examines the intricate relationship between ancient Persia and Byzantine cultural memory, as well as the integration and function of Persian motifs in the Byzantine mentality. Additionally, the author uses these sources to analyse thoroughly the knowledge Byzantines had about contemporary Iranian culture, the presence of ethnic Iranians, and the circulation and usage of the Persian language in Byzantium. Finally, this book concludes with an insightful exploration of the importance and influence of Iranian science on Byzantine scholars. This book will appeal to scholars and studentsin the fields of Byzantine and Iranian History, particularly to those studying the cross-cultural and social influence between the two societies during the Middle Ages. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Author : Mladen Ančić,Jonathan Shepard,Trpimir Vedriš
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351614290

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Imperial Spheres and the Adriatic by Mladen Ančić,Jonathan Shepard,Trpimir Vedriš Pdf

Although often mentioned in textbooks about the Carolingian and Byzantine empires, the Treaty of Aachen has not received much close attention. This volume attempts not just to fill the gap, but to view the episode through both micro- and macro-lenses. Introductory chapters review the state of relations between Byzantium and the Frankish realm in the eighth and early ninth centuries, crises facing Byzantine emperors much closer to home, and the relevance of the Bulgarian problem to affairs on the Adriatic. Dalmatia’s coastal towns and the populations of the interior receive extensive attention, including the region’s ecclesiastical history and cultural affiliations. So do the local politics of Dalmatia, Venice and the Carolingian marches, and their interaction with the Byzantino-Frankish confrontation. The dynamics of the Franks’ relations with the Avars are analysed and, here too, the three-way play among the two empires and ‘in-between’ parties is a theme. Archaeological indications of the Franks’ presence are collated with what the literary sources reveal about local elites’ aspirations. The economic dimension to the Byzantino-Frankish competition for Venice is fully explored, a special feature of the volume being archaeological evidence for a resurgence of trade between the Upper Adriatic and the Eastern Mediterranean from the second half of the eighth century onwards.

Author : Anthony Cutler
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000949612

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Image Making in Byzantium, Sasanian Persia and the Early Muslim World by Anthony Cutler Pdf

Relations between Byzantium and its neighbours are the focus of this volume. The papers address questions of cultural exchange, with special attention to art historical relations as shown by technical, iconographic and diplomatic exchanges. While addressed to specialists, both their approach and the language make these papers accessible to students at all levels.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004353619

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Venice and Its Neighbors from the 8th to 11th Century by Anonim Pdf

Venice and Its Neighbors from the 8th to 11th Century offers an account of the formation and character of early Venice, drawing on archaeological evidence from Venice and related sites, and written sources.