Jesse Torgerson and I take a stab at understanding time, as it was measured, structured, and experienced in so many overlapping ways by Christian east Romans. Their days, months, and years were defined by the state tax cycle, the Church festival cycle, and nature itself, to name the most important temporal grids.
Jesse Torgerson is an Associate Professor at Wesleyan University, where he researches on exchange and interaction between the societies and cultures of Europe and the Mediterranean basin across the Middle Ages. You can follow Jesse on X/Twitter @JWTorg
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Jesse’s recent monograph focuses on an author (or two) who made interesting innovations in chronology: The Chronographia of George the Synkellos and Theophanes: The Ends of Time in Ninth-Century Constantinople, which is available as an Open Access Book from Brill.
Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, a Professor at the University of Chicago. You can follow him on his personal website. You can listen to more episodes of Byzantium & Friends through Podbean, Spotify or Apple Podcasts
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Top Image: Vatican City BAV Vat. gr. 1291 f. 47r. Epact table in the Vatican copy of the Handy Tables of Ptolemy.
Jesse Torgerson and I take a stab at understanding time, as it was measured, structured, and experienced in so many overlapping ways by Christian east Romans. Their days, months, and years were defined by the state tax cycle, the Church festival cycle, and nature itself, to name the most important temporal grids.
Jesse Torgerson is an Associate Professor at Wesleyan University, where he researches on exchange and interaction between the societies and cultures of Europe and the Mediterranean basin across the Middle Ages. You can follow Jesse on X/Twitter @JWTorg
Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, a Professor at the University of Chicago. You can follow him on his personal website. You can listen to more episodes of Byzantium & Friends through Podbean, Spotify or Apple Podcasts
Top Image: Vatican City BAV Vat. gr. 1291 f. 47r. Epact table in the Vatican copy of the Handy Tables of Ptolemy.
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