Medievalists.net » Constantinople http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 How Hagia Sophia was Built http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/30/how-hagia-sophia-was-built/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/30/how-hagia-sophia-was-built/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2015 19:21:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60734 Stories and legends from the Patria on how the greatest church of the Byzantine world was built

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/30/how-hagia-sophia-was-built/feed/ 0 What Remains: Women, Relics and Remembrance in the Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/23/remains-women-relics-remembrance-aftermath-fourth-crusade/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/23/remains-women-relics-remembrance-aftermath-fourth-crusade/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2014 16:00:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54303 After the fall of Constantinople to the Latin Crusaders in 1204 hundreds of relics were carried into the West as diplomatic gifts, memorabilia and tokens of victory. Yet many relics were alsosent privately between male crusaders and their spouses and female kin.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/23/remains-women-relics-remembrance-aftermath-fourth-crusade/feed/ 0 Robert of Courtenay (1221-1227): an idiot on the throne of Constantinople? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/20/robert-courtenay-1221-1227-idiot-throne-constantinople/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/20/robert-courtenay-1221-1227-idiot-throne-constantinople/#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2014 14:47:27 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52720 Among scholars who have discussed Robert’s reign - however superficially - there appears to exist a relative consensus, with few exceptions, that the misfortunes that befell the empire of Constantinople during this period are largely to be attributed to his personal and utter incompetence. In this contribution I would like to challenge that view.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/20/robert-courtenay-1221-1227-idiot-throne-constantinople/feed/ 0 The Means of Destruction: How the Ottoman Empire Finally Ended the Byzantine Empire http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/08/the-means-of-destruction-how-the-ottoman-empire-finally-ended-the-byzantine-empire/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/08/the-means-of-destruction-how-the-ottoman-empire-finally-ended-the-byzantine-empire/#comments Sat, 08 Feb 2014 19:48:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47413 No European had any reason to believe that the Ottomans would capture Constantinople, since they had tried two times previously and had failed in both of those attempts.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/08/the-means-of-destruction-how-the-ottoman-empire-finally-ended-the-byzantine-empire/feed/ 0 ‘Part of our commonwealth’: a study of the Normans in eleventh-century Byzantine historiography http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/29/part-of-our-commonwealth-a-study-of-the-normans-in-eleventh-century-byzantine-historiography/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/29/part-of-our-commonwealth-a-study-of-the-normans-in-eleventh-century-byzantine-historiography/#comments Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:28:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47124 ‘Part of our commonwealth’: a study of the Normans in eleventh-century Byzantine historiography Alexander Olson (Simon Fraser University) Simon Fraser University: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Master of Arts (2009) Abstract In the eleventh century several Norman mercenaries went to Byzantium where they alternately served or rebelled against the Empire. This thesis examines how […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/29/part-of-our-commonwealth-a-study-of-the-normans-in-eleventh-century-byzantine-historiography/feed/ 0 The Lost Secret History of Nicetas the Paphlagonian http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/27/the-lost-secret-history-of-nicetas-the-paphlagonian/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/27/the-lost-secret-history-of-nicetas-the-paphlagonian/#comments Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:03:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47002 Although the Secret History of Nicetas the Paphlagonian has failed to reach us in its original form, it has probably shaped our knowledge of Byzantium in the ninth and early tenth centuries more than any surviving text.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/27/the-lost-secret-history-of-nicetas-the-paphlagonian/feed/ 0 Manuel II Palaeologus in Paris (1400-1402): Theology, Diplomacy, and Politics http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/20/manuel-ii-palaeologus-in-paris-1400-1402-theology-diplomacy-and-politics/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/20/manuel-ii-palaeologus-in-paris-1400-1402-theology-diplomacy-and-politics/#comments Mon, 20 Jan 2014 22:55:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46839 The end of the fourteenth century found the Byzantine Empire in a critical state.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/20/manuel-ii-palaeologus-in-paris-1400-1402-theology-diplomacy-and-politics/feed/ 0 Land and Sea Communications, Fourth–Fifteenth Centuries http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/16/land-and-sea-communications-fourth-fifteenth-centuries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/16/land-and-sea-communications-fourth-fifteenth-centuries/#comments Thu, 16 Jan 2014 21:17:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46705 The principle that the active and coordinated collaboration of nature and man is an essential requirement for the creation of a network of communications is of fundamen- tal importance.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/16/land-and-sea-communications-fourth-fifteenth-centuries/feed/ 0 The Riurikid Relationship with the Orthodox Christian Church in Kievan Rus http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/the-riurikid-relationship-with-the-orthodox-christian-church-in-kievan-rus/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/the-riurikid-relationship-with-the-orthodox-christian-church-in-kievan-rus/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2013 13:03:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46146 Prior to the late tenth century, the princes of the Riurikid dynasty were rulers over the loose collection of pagan Slavic tribes and minor city states that were Kievan Rus. However, in a relatively short period, the dynasty had linked itself and its legitimacy to rule to the Orthodox Christian Church centered in Constantinople.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/the-riurikid-relationship-with-the-orthodox-christian-church-in-kievan-rus/feed/ 0 The Commercial Map of Constantinople http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/29/the-commercial-map-of-constantinople/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/29/the-commercial-map-of-constantinople/#comments Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:43:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45375 The commercial topography of Constantinople was in part determined by the fact that it was a sea-bound city on seven hills, making access from the port to the forum and other commercial premises a key necessity in urban development.

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