Mythic Constantinople

Author : Mark Shirley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1989028160

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Author : Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520304550

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Constantinople by Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos Pdf

As Christian spaces and agents assumed prominent positions in civic life, the end of the long span of the fourth century was marked by large-scale religious change. Churches had overtaken once-thriving pagan temples, old civic priesthoods were replaced by prominent bishops, and the rituals of the city were directed toward the Christian God. Such changes were particularly pronounced in the newly established city of Constantinople, where elites from various groups contended to control civic and imperial religion. Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos argues that imperial Christianity was in fact a manifestation of traditional Roman religious structures. In particular, she explores how deeply established habits of ritual engagement in shared social spaces—ones that resonated with imperial ideology and appealed to the memories of previous generations—constructed meaning to create a new imperial religious identity. By examining three dynamics—ritual performance, rhetoric around violence, and the preservation and curation of civic memory—she distinguishes the role of Christian practice in transforming the civic and cultic landscapes of the late antique polis.

Author : Cyril A. Mango
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015029941906

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Studies on Constantinople by Cyril A. Mango Pdf

This volume is devoted to the history, monuments and topography of Byzantine Constantinople, and includes two specially written pieces, as well as up-dates to the studies reprinted. Many of the articles deal with the imperial constructions of the first centuries of the City's existence - for instance, the columns of Constantine and Justinian, the Mausoleum of the Holy Apostles and the churches of St Sophia, St John of Studius, and Sts Sergius and Bacchus - structures which provided the basic monumental framework around which Constantinople developed and its life was lived. In his reconstruction of these monuments and their history, Cyril Mango demonstrates how much can be achieved by combining the information gained from meticulous examination of the written sources, whether contemporary or from post-medieval travellers, with that provided by the surviving buildings themselves and the remains that have been excavated. Ce volume, voué à l'histoire, aux monuments et à la topographie de Constantinople la Byzantine, comprend deux études rédigées pour l'occasion, ainsi qu'une mise à jour des travaux qui y sont re-publiés. Bon nombre des études traitent plus particulièrement des constructions impériales datant des premiers siècles d'existence de la cité - tels, les colonnes de Constantin et de Justinien, la Mausolé des Saints Apà ́tres et les églises de Ste Sophie, St Jean de Studius, ou de Sts Serge et Bacchus; un ensemble de structures qui apportèrent la base monumentale autour de laquelle Constantinople s'est développée et a vécu. Au travers de cette reconstruction des monuments et de leur histoire, Cyril Mango démontre combien peut Ãatre atteint en combinant l'information acquise à partir d'un examen méticuleux des sources écrites - que celles-ci soient contemporaines ou proviennent des voyageurs post-médiévaux - à celle que l'on peut tirer des bâtiments-mÃames qui ont survécu, ainsi que des restes qui été re

Author : H.G. Dwight
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 633 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317847632

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Constantinople by H.G. Dwight Pdf

This substantial account of Constantinople — or Istanbul as it is known today — is both a history and a guide to that magnificent and fabled metropolis where east and west have met for many centuries. Written in 1915 when, as Stamboul, the city was the last stop on the Orient Express, it is illustrated with many rare period photographs. This book for the general reader evokes all the colour and richness of the ultimate oriental city, ancient capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, captured on the brink of modernization in the first years after the revolution. The author describes everyday life in the city, - the features of permanent interest such as mosques, gardens, fountains, the traces of Byzantium and the quays of the Golden Horn as well as the feasts, custom’s, festivals and holidays that once enlivened Constantinople but are now only a memory. The work concludes with an account of the revolution and of the effects of World War I on the city. This is a portrait of the Istanbul that all travellers hope to find - and still can, in the pages of this book.

Author : M. Shane Bjornlie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317025665

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The Life and Legacy of Constantine by M. Shane Bjornlie Pdf

The transformation from the classical period to the medieval has long been associated with the rise of Christianity. This association has deeply influenced the way that modern audiences imagine the separation of the classical world from its medieval and early modern successors. The role played in this transformation by Constantine as the first Christian ruler of the Roman Empire has also profoundly shaped the manner in which we frame Late Antiquity and successive periods as distinctively Christian. The modern demarcation of the post-classical period is often inseparable from the reign of Constantine. The attention given to Constantine as a liminal figure in this historical transformation is understandable. Constantine’s support of Christianity provided the religion with unprecedented public respectability and public expressions of that support opened previously unimagined channels of social, political and economic influence to Christians and non-Christians alike. The exact nature of Constantine’s involvement or intervention has been the subject of continuous and densely argued debate. Interpretations of the motives and sincerity of his conversion to Christianity have characterized, with various results, explanations of everything from the religious culture of the late Roman state to the dynamics of ecclesiastical politics. What receives less-frequent attention is the fact that our modern appreciation of Constantine as a pivotal historical figure is itself a direct result of the manner in which Constantine’s memory was constructed by the human imagination over the course of centuries. This volume offers a series of snapshots of moments in that process from the fourth to the sixteenth century.

Author : George P. Majeska
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : 0884021017

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Russian Travelers to Constantinople in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries by George P. Majeska Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004370920

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Imagining Emperors in the Later Roman Empire by Anonim Pdf

Imagining Emperors in the Later Roman Empire offers new critical analysis of the textual depictions of a series of emperors in the fourth century within overlapping historical, religious and literary contexts.

Author : Paul Stephenson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190209070

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The Serpent Column by Paul Stephenson Pdf

The Serpent Column, a bronze sculpture that has stood in Delphi and Constantinople, today Istanbul, is a Greek representation of the Near Eastern primordial combat myth: it is Typhon, a dragon defeated by Zeus, and also Python slain by Apollo. The column was created after the Battle of Plataia (479 BC), where the sky was dominated by serpentine constellations and by the spiralling tails of the Milky Way. It was erected as a votive for Apollo and as a monument to the victory of the united Greek poleis over the Persians. It is as a victory monument that the column was transplanted to Constantinople and erected in the hippodrome. The column remained a monument to cosmic victory through centuries, but also took on other meanings. Through the Byzantine centuries these interpretation were fundamentally Christian, drawing upon serpentine imagery in Scripture, patristic and homiletic writings. When Byzantines saw the monument they reflected upon this multivalent serpentine symbolism, but also the fact that it was a bronze column. For these observers, it evoked the Temple's brazen pillars, Moses' brazen serpent, the serpentine tempter of Genesis (Satan), and the beast of Revelation. The column was inserted into Christian sacred history, symbolizing creation and the end times. The most enduring interpretation of the column, which is unrelated to religion, and therefore survived the Ottoman capture of the city, is as a talisman against snakes and snake-bites. It is this tale that was told by travellers to Constantinople throughout the Middle Ages, and it is this story that is told to tourists today who visit Istanbul. In this book, Paul Stephenson twists together multiple strands to relate the cultural biography of a unique monument.

Author : Christopher Ben Simpson
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567445759

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Deleuze and Theology by Christopher Ben Simpson Pdf

An exploration of the thought of Gilles Deleuze and its relevance to theology.

Author : Jennifer Barry
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520300378

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Bishops in Flight by Jennifer Barry Pdf

At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Flight during times of persecution has a long and fraught history in early Christianity. In the third century, bishops who fled were considered cowards or, worse yet, heretics. On the face, flight meant denial of Christ and thus betrayal of faith and community. But by the fourth century, the terms of persecution changed as Christianity became the favored cult of the Roman Empire. Prominent Christians who fled and survived became founders and influencers of Christianity over time. Bishops in Flight examines the various ways these episcopal leaders both appealed to and altered the discourse of Christian flight to defend their status as purveyors of Christian truth, even when their exiles appeared to condemn them. Their stories illuminate how profoundly Christian authors deployed theological discourse and the rhetoric of heresy to respond to the phenomenal political instability of the fourth and fifth centuries.

Author : Marios Philippides
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351055406

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Constantine XI Dragaš Palaeologus (1404–1453) by Marios Philippides Pdf

Constantine XI’s last moments in life, as he stood before the walls of Constantinople in 1453, have bestowed a heroic status on him. This book produces a more balanced portrait of an intriguing individual: the last emperor of Constantinople. To be sure, the last of the Greek Caesars was a fascinating figure, not so much because he was a great statesman, as he was not, and not because of his military prowess, as he was neither a notable tactician nor a soldier of exceptional merit. This monarch may have formulated grandiose plans but his hopes and ambitions were ultimately doomed, because he failed to inspire his own subjects, who did not rally to his cause. Constantine lacked the skills to create, restore, or maintain harmony in his troubled realm. In addition, he was ineffective on the diplomatic front, as he proved unable to stimulate Latin Christendom to mount an expedition and come to the aid of south-eastern Orthodox Europe. Yet in sharp contrast to his numerous shortcomings, his military defeats, and the various disappointments during his reign, posterity still fondly remembers the last Constantine.

Author : W. H. Hutton
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465572363

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Constantinople: The Story of the Old Capital of the Empire by W. H. Hutton Pdf

Author : Samuel N. C. Lieu,Dominic Montserrat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134841868

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Constantine by Samuel N. C. Lieu,Dominic Montserrat Pdf

Constantine examines the reign of Constantine, the first Christian emperor and the founder of Constantinople. From a variety of angles: historical, historiographical and mythical. The volume examines the circumstances of Constantine's reign and the historical problems surrounding them, the varied accounts of Constantine's life and the plethora of popular medieval legends surrounding the reign, to reveal the different visions and representations of the emperor from saint and patron of the Western church to imperial prototype. Constantine: History, Historiography and Legend presents a comprehensive and arresting study of this important and controversial emperor.

Author : James J. Jordan
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003-12-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781410771025

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Christ! I Want Your Body by James J. Jordan Pdf

What did Jesus say about his birth in a manger attended by wisemen and angels? How did he describe his seat at Gods right hand on a celestial throne? Did he really claim to be Gods only son to be worshiped as one third of a three headed Deity? This book is destined to become one of the many pathways to help revitalize Christianity. Compelling insights, meaningful resources and important revelations of over 100 well-known Jesus scholars, authors and learned professors of religion from around the world are provided. This is not, however, a theological discourse for scholarly debate. It is written by a Christian layman for the everyday normal church attendees who are searching, thinking, curious and open to newer and deeper loving relationships with God and Jesus. Much of the knowledge and thinking about the essence of what Jesus taught about the Kingdom of God, (Realm of the Spirit) is explored. The book expands the readers awareness of new ways to see what Jesus said about Gods love and its potential for each person. Hopefully church people who are developing doubts about their childhood teachings will find new insights in the teachings of Jesus within the Christian Church.

Author : M. Matei-Chesnoiu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137469410

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Geoparsing Early Modern English Drama by M. Matei-Chesnoiu Pdf

Geo-spatial identity and early Modern European drama come together in this study of how cultural or political attachments are actively mediated through space. Matei-Chesnoiu traces the modulated representations of rivers, seas, mountains, and islands in sixteenth-century plays by Shakespeare, Jasper Fisher, Thomas May, and others.