Tamerlane and the Symbolism of Sovereignty
Tamerlane and the Symbolism of Sovereignty Forbes Manz, Beatrice Iranian Studies, Vol. 21, No. 1/2, Soviet and North American Studies on Central Asia…
The Effects of King Sigismund’s Hussite Wars on the Art of War
The Effects of King Sigismund’s Hussite Wars on the Art of War Fa, ÁRPÁD (Miklós Zrínyi National Defence University, Budapest, Hungary) AARMS Vol. 9, No.…
The Black Dragon – Music from the Time of Vlad Dracula
The Black Dragon – Music from the Time of Vlad Dracula Annette Bauer – recorders, voice, percussion, citole, bells Phoebe Jevtovic – voice,…
The Battle of Manzikert: Military Disaster or Political Failure?
This paper examines Romanus’ Manzikert campaign and the significance of his defeat, and assesses whether the Byzantine position in Anatolia was recoverable, and if so, why that recovery failed?
Clothing as a Political Tool in the Ottoman Empire: Two Miniature Paintings From a Sixteenth-Century Illustrated History of Süleyman the Magnificent (1520 -1566)
Clothing as a Political Tool in the Ottoman Empire: Two Miniature Paintings From a Sixteenth-Century Illustrated History of Süleyman the Magnificent (1520 -1566) Scollay, Susan Journal…
Debacle at Manzikert, 1071: Prelude to the Crusades
Debacle at Manzikert, 1071: Prelude to the Crusades By Brian Carey Medieval History Magazine, Issue 5 (2004) Introduction: The Seljuks, like other Central…
Islamic Frontiers, Real and Imagined
Islamic Frontiers, Real and Imagined By Asa Eger Al-‘Usur al-Wusta. The Bulletin of the Middle East Medievalists, Vol. 17:1 (2005) Introduction: Beginning in…
Harran as a Co-existence Centre of various cultural bodies in the 7th-10th c. A.D.
Harran as a Co-existence Centre of various cultural bodies in the 7th-10th c. A.D. Paper by Sinasi Gündüz (Istanbul University) Given at the…
Art and Identity in an Amulet Roll from Fourteenth-Century Trebizond
Art and Identity in an Amulet Roll from Fourteenth-Century Trebizond By Glenn Peers Church History and Religious Culture, Vol.89:1-3 (2009) Abstract: This article…
Conrad III and the Second Crusade in the Byzantine Empire and Anatolia, 1147
Conrad III and the Second Crusade in the Byzantine Empire and Anatolia, 1147 By Jason T. Roche PhD Dissertation, University of St Andrews,…
Underground Towns: Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
The landscape of Cappadocia in central Turkey has been sculpted by centuries of erosion. Christians began to build Churches here as early as…
St. Nicholas Churches in Anatolia and Thrace
St. Nicholas Churches in Anatolia and Thrace By Yildiz Ötüken Arkeoloji Dergisi, Vol.1 (1991) Introduction: This paper contains a brief presentation of some…
Procopius on Roman, Persian and Gothic Strategy near Dara and Rome
Procopius on Roman, Persian and Gothic Strategy near Dara and Rome By Christopher Lillington-Martin Lampeter Working Papers in Classics (2008) Abstract: This paper…
The Sons of Hagar in Archbishop Eustathios᾽ The Capture of Thessaloniki: Some Evidence Concerning Late Twelfth Century Byzantine-Turkish Relations
The Sons of Hagar in Archbishop Eustathios᾽ The Capture of Thessaloniki: Some Evidence Concerning Late Twelfth Century Byzantine-Turkish Relations By Gerasimos A. Merianos…
The Seljuks of Rum in Turkish Republican Nationalist Historiography
The Seljuks of Rum in Turkish Republican Nationalist Historiography By Dogan Gurpinar MA Thesis, Sabanci University, 2004 Abstract: This study investigates how Seljuks of Rum…
Tilling the Hateful Earth: Agricultural Production and Trade in the Late Antique East
Tilling the Hateful Earth: Agricultural Production and Trade in the Late Antique East By Michael Decker Oxford University Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-19-956528-3 This…
Archaeology of the countryside in medieval Anatolia
Archaeology of the countryside in medieval Anatolia By Edited by T. Vorderstrasse and J. Roodenberg Publications de l’Institut historique-archeologique neerlandais de Stamboul, Nederlands…
The Great Caliphs: the Golden Age of the ‘Abbasid Empire
The Great Caliphs: the Golden Age of the ‘Abbasid Empire By Amira K. Bennison IB Tauris, 2009 ISBN: 9781845117375 The flowering of the…
Church and State in the Kingdom of Cilician Armenia, 1198-1375
Church and State in the Kingdom of Cilician Armenia, 1198-1375 By Charles A. Frazee Byzantine Studies / Etudes Byzantines, Vol.3:2 (1976) Introduction: Cilcian…
Seljuk Architecture and Urbanism in Anatolia
Seljuk Architecture and Urbanism in Anatolia By Ali Uzay Peker European Architectural History Network Newsletter, No. 1 (2008) Introduction: This essay provides a guide to…
Townscape and Building Complexes in Medieval Western Anatolia under Turkish-Islamic Culture
Townscape and Building Complexes in Medieval Western Anatolia under Turkish-Islamic Culture By Çağla Caner Power and culture: Identity, Ideology, Representation, edited by Ann Katherine Isaacs and…
Agricultural Productivity in Eastern Europe and Western Asia in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
Agricultural Productivity in Eastern Europe and Western Asia in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries By Metin Coşgel Paper given at Towards a Global…
Barbarian Incursions: The Coming of the Turks into the Islamic World
Barbarian Incursions: The Coming of the Turks into the Islamic World By C.E. Bosworth Islamic Civilization, edited by D. S. Richards (Oxford, 1973)…
Agricultural Productivity in the Early Ottoman Empire
Agricultural Productivity in the Early Ottoman Empire By Metin Cosgel XIV International Economic History Congress (2006) Abstract: This paper provides standardized estimates of…
Sixth Century Alania: between Byzantium, Sasanian Iran and the Turkic World
Sixth Century Alania: between Byzantium, Sasanian Iran and the Turkic World By Agustí Alemany Ēran ud Anērān: Studies presented to Boris Ilich Marshak on the…