Romanland

Author : Anthony Kaldellis
Publisher : Belknap Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674986510

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Romanland by Anthony Kaldellis Pdf

Was there ever such a thing as the Byzantine Empire and who were those self-professed Romans we choose to call "Byzantine" today? At the heart of these two interlinked questions is Anthony Kaldellis's assertion that empires are, by definition, multiethnic. If there was indeed such a thing as the Byzantine Empire, which rules bounded majority and minority ethnic groups? The labels for the minority groups in Byzantium are clear - Slavs, Bulgarians, Armenians, Jews, Muslims. What was the ethnicity of the majority group? Historical evidence tells us unequivocally that no card-carrying Byzantine ever called himself "Byzantine." He would identify as Roman. This line of identification was so strong in the eastern empire that even the conquering Ottomans saw themselves as inheritors of the Roman Empire. In Western scholarship, however, there has been a long tradition of denying Romanness to Byzantium. In the Middle Ages, people of the eastern empire were made "Greeks," and by the nineteenth century they were shorn of their distorted Greekness and turned "Byzantine." In Romanland, Kaldellis argues that it is time for historians to take the Romanness of Byzantines seriously so that we can better understand the relations between Romans and non-Romans, as well as the processes of assimilation that led to the absorption of foreign groups into the Roman genos.--

Author : Philip N. Wood,David G. Griffiths
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781803272283

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Excavations at Chester. Roman Land Fivision and a Probable Villa in the Hinterland of Deva by Philip N. Wood,David G. Griffiths Pdf

Excavations carried out by Northern Archaeological Associates (NAA) at Saighton Camp – a former British Army training camp – located to the south of the Roman legionary fortress of Chester (Deva Victrix) revealed important and extensive Roman period remains.

Author : Alexis Heraclides,Ylli Kromidha
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000963755

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Greek-Albanian Entanglements since the Nineteenth Century by Alexis Heraclides,Ylli Kromidha Pdf

This book is a comprehensive study of more than 200 years of the shared and interconnected histories of Greek-Albanian relations, a field of inquiry that has not attracted the international scholarly attention it deserves. The book presents and analyses in detail topics including the contested borderland (1800–1912), the Greek Revolution (1821–1830) and Greek- Albanian entanglements during the Greek Revolution, Greek nationalism (identity and narrative), the Albanians (pre-modernism, belated nationalism, origin), the rise of Albanian nationalism, Albanian national identity and historical narrative, Greek-Albanian relations from the League of Prizren (1878) until Albania’s declaration of independence (1912), Greek irredentism (the "Northern Epirus Question", 1912–1920) and Albania’s precarious independence, Greek irredentism and Greek-Albanian relations (the "Northern Epirus Question", 1940–1971), the Greek minority in Albania, the Cham (Muslim Albanian) issue, the turbulent first part of the 1990s, the pending Greek-Albanian issues, and public opinion. It concludes with a road map for an eventual Albanian-Greek reconciliation. This volume will interest scholars and students of Southeastern Europe (Balkans), international relations and history, political science and sociology. It will also be a valuable resource for diplomats, journalists, think tanks and other organizations and institutions involved in the Balkans Greek-Albanian relations.

Author : Stuart Elden
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226041285

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The Birth of Territory by Stuart Elden Pdf

Political theory professor Stuart Elden explores the history of land ownership and control from the ancient to the modern world in The Birth of Territory. Territory is one of the central political concepts of the modern world and, indeed, functions as the primary way the world is divided and controlled politically. Yet territory has not received the critical attention afforded to other crucial concepts such as sovereignty, rights, and justice. While territory continues to matter politically, and territorial disputes and arrangements are studied in detail, the concept of territory itself is often neglected today. Where did the idea of exclusive ownership of a portion of the earth’s surface come from, and what kinds of complexities are hidden behind that seemingly straightforward definition? The Birth of Territory provides a detailed account of the emergence of territory within Western political thought. Looking at ancient, medieval, Renaissance, and early modern thought, Stuart Elden examines the evolution of the concept of territory from ancient Greece to the seventeenth century to determine how we arrived at our contemporary understanding. Elden addresses a range of historical, political, and literary texts and practices, as well as a number of key players—historians, poets, philosophers, theologians, and secular political theorists—and in doing so sheds new light on the way the world came to be ordered and how the earth’s surface is divided, controlled, and administered. “The Birth of Territory is an outstanding scholarly achievement . . . a book that already promises to become a ‘classic’ in geography, together with very few others published in the past decades.” —Political Geography “An impressive feat of erudition.” —American Historical Review

Author : Gregory Leighton,Łukasz Różycki,Piotr Pranke
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000645927

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Continuation or Change? Borders and Frontiers in Late Antiquity and Medieval Europe by Gregory Leighton,Łukasz Różycki,Piotr Pranke Pdf

This volume examines interdisciplinary boundaries and includes texts focusing on material culture, philological analysis, and historical research. What they all have in common are zones that lie in between, treated not as mere barriers but also as places of exchange in the early Middle Ages. Focusing on borderlands, Continuation or Change uncovers the changing political and military organisations at the time and the significance of the functioning of former borderland areas. The chapters answer how the fiscal and military apparatus were organised, identify the turning points in the division of dynastic power, and assign meaning to the assimilation of certain symbolic and ideological elements of the imperial tradition. Finally, the authors offer answers to what exactly a "statehood without a state" was in regard to semi-peripheral and peripheral areas that were also perceived through the prism of the idea of a world system, network theory, or the concept of so-called negotiating borderlands. Continuation or Change is a useful resource for upper-level undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars interested in medieval warfare, Eastern European history, medieval border regions, and cross-cultural interaction.

Author : Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1310 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Cattle
ISBN : CORNELL:31924066646831

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Holstein-Friesian Herd-book, Containing a Record of All Holstein-Friesian Cattle ... by Holstein-Friesian Association of America Pdf

Author : Amy Shell-Gellasch
Publisher : MAA
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780883851821

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Hands on History by Amy Shell-Gellasch Pdf

In an increasingly electronic society, these exercises are designed to help school and collegiate educators use historical devices of mathematics to balance the digital side of mathematics.

Author : Anthony Kaldellis
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674365407

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The Byzantine Republic by Anthony Kaldellis Pdf

Scholars have long claimed that the Eastern Roman Empire, a Christian theocracy, bore little resemblance to ancient Rome. Here, Anthony Kaldellis reconnects Byzantium to its Roman roots, arguing that it was essentially a republic, with power exercised on behalf of, and sometimes by, Greek-speaking citizens who considered themselves fully Roman.

Author : Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1328 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Cattle
ISBN : CORNELL:31924066646716

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Holstein-Friesian Herd-book by Holstein-Friesian Association of America Pdf

Author : Valentina A. Grasso
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009252966

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Pre-Islamic Arabia by Valentina A. Grasso Pdf

Explores the composite cultural and political milieu of pre-Islamic Arabia, situating its history within the broader late antique context.

Author : Rustam Shukurov
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000937244

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

This book offers a study into the perceptions of ancient and medieval Iran in the Byzantine Empire, as well as the effects of Persian culture upon Byzantine intellectualism, society, and culture. Byzantine Ideas of Persia, 650-1461 focuses on the place of ancient Persia in Byzantine cultural memory, both in the "religious" and the "secular" sense. By analysing a wide range of historical sources – from church literature to belles-lettres – this book provides an examination of the place of ancient Persia in Byzantine cultural memory, as well as the place 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 discusses the importance and influence of Iranian science on Byzantine scholars. This book will appeal to scholars and students interested in Byzantine and Iranian History, particularly in reference to the cross-cultural and social influence of the two societies during the Middle Ages.

Author : Christian Raffensperger
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000921670

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Rulers and Rulership in the Arc of Medieval Europe, 1000-1200 by Christian Raffensperger Pdf

Rulers and Rulership in the Arc of Medieval Europe challenges the dominant paradigm of what rulership is and who rulers are by decentering the narrative and providing a broad swath of examples from throughout medieval Europe. Within that territory, the prevalent idea of monarchy and kingship is overturned in favor of a broad definition of rulership. This book will demonstrate to the reader that the way in which medieval Europe has been constructed in both the popular and scholarly imaginations is incorrect. Instead of a king we have multiple rulers, male and female, ruling concurrently. Instead of an independent church or a church striving for supremacy under the Gregorian Reform, we have a pope and ecclesiastical leaders making deals with secular rulers and an in-depth interconnection between the two. Finally, instead of a strong centralizing polity growing into statehood we see weak rulers working hand in glove with weak subordinates to make the polity as a whole function. Medievalists, Byzantinists, and Slavists typically operate in isolation from one another. They do not read each other’s books, or engage with each other’s work. This book requires engagement from all of them to point out that the medieval Europe that they work in is one and the same and demands collaboration to best understand it.

Author : Oswald Ashton Wentworth Dilke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:39015046392679

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The Roman Land Surveyors by Oswald Ashton Wentworth Dilke Pdf

Author : J. B. Campbell
Publisher : Roman Society Publications
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015049518692

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The Writings of the Roman Land Surveyors by J. B. Campbell Pdf

The Corpus Agrimensorum Romanorum , compiled in the 5th century AD, was a collection of Roman surveying manuals, produced by a variety of authors, writing at different times and with very different priorities; authors include Julius Frontius, Aegennius Urbicus, Hyginus, Balbus, Siculus Flaccus, as well as miscellaneous texts. This substantial volume aims to make these sources more accessible by presenting the Latin text with facing English translation, suceeded by a 130 page commentary. The eclectic choice of sources avoids the purely technical texts and includes those which Campbell considers to be most useful for historians, archaeologists and those studying ancient technology. The introduction discusses the text and authors, the origins, development and status of surveying and Roman land division. A series of illustrations, diagrams, a glossary of terms and a large bibliography conclude the volume.

Author : Thomas Nail
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190618667

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Theory of the Border by Thomas Nail Pdf

Despite -- and perhaps because of -- increasing global mobility, there are more types of borders today than ever before in history. Borders of all kinds define every aspect of social life in the twenty-first century. From the biometric data that divides the smallest aspects of our bodies to the aerial drones that patrol the immense expanse of our domestic and international airspace, we are defined by borders. They can no longer simply be understood as the geographical divisions between nation-states. Today, their form and function has become too complex, too hybrid. What we need now is a theory of the border that can make sense of this hybridity across multiple domains of social life. Rather than viewing borders as the result or outcome of pre-established social entities like states, Thomas Nail reinterprets social history from the perspective of the continual and constitutive movement of the borders that organize and divide society in the first place. Societies and states are the products of bordering, Nail argues, not the other way around. Applying his original movement-oriented theoretical framework "kinopolitics" to several major historical border regimes (fences, walls, cells, and checkpoints), Theory of the Border pioneers a new methodology of "critical limology," that provides fresh tools for the analysis of contemporary border politics.