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by Sandra Alvarez September 3, 2011

Byzantine women´s visibility in the arts

Byzantine women´s visibility in the arts Piltz, Elisabeth (Uppsala University, Sweden) 21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies, London (2006): Communication (II.5 Secular Space) Abstract…

by Sandra Alvarez September 2, 2011

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Fama et Memoria: Portraits of Female Patrons in Mosaic Pavements of Churches in Byzantine Palestine and Arabia

Fama et Memoria: Portraits of Female Patrons in Mosaic Pavements of Churches in ByzantinePalestine and Arabia Britt, Karen C. Medieval Feminist Forum, 44, no.…

by Medievalists.net August 29, 2011

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Mealtime in monasteries: the culture of the Byzantine refectory

Mealtime in monasteries: the culture of the Byzantine refectory By Alice-Mary Talbot Eat, Drink and be Merry (Luke 12: 19): Food and Wine…

by Sandra Alvarez August 28, 2011

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“Frankish” or “Byzantine” Saint? The origins of the cult of Saint Martin in Dalmatia

“Frankish” or “Byzantine” Saint? The origins of the cult of Saint Martin in Dalmatia Vedris, Trpimir Papers from the First and Second Postgraduate Forums in…

by Sandra Alvarez August 28, 2011

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Transparency, Contract Selection and the Maritime Trade of Venetian Crete, 1303-1351

Transparency, Contract Selection and the Maritime Trade of Venetian Crete, 1303-1351 Williamson, Dean V. US Department of Justice, July (2001) Abstract The paper explores…

by Medievalists.net August 28, 2011

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The Revolt of St Tito in Fourteenth-Century Venetian Crete: A Reassessment

The Revolt of St Tito in Fourteenth-Century Venetian Crete: A Reassessment By Sally McKee Mediterranean Historical Review, Vol.9 (1995) Introduction: In the summer…

by Sandra Alvarez August 28, 2011

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Viking Travellers of the Sagas

In accordance with the Icelandic sagas’ tendency to show rather than tell, it is rare for saga characters to say explicitly what motivates them to travel from their homes in Scandinavia and Iceland to distant lands

by Medievalists.net August 25, 2011

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A Multidisciplinary Investigation of Medieval Flamethrowers: A Case Study

Warfare in the Byzantine Empire between the 7th and 11th centuries CE saw the development of weapons systems using fire.

by Sandra Alvarez August 21, 2011

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A Gregorian manuscript in the Ian Potter Museum of Art

A Gregorian manuscript in the Ian Potter Museum of Art Martyn, John R.C. University of Melbourne Collections, Issue 6, June (2010) Abstract In about…

by Sandra Alvarez August 18, 2011

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The Art of Comparing in Byzantium

The Art of Comparing in Byzantium Maguire, Henry The Art Bulletin, Vol. 70, No. 1 (1988) Abstract Rhetoric was an important component of…

by Medievalists.net August 12, 2011

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Paschal II, Bohemund of Antioch and the Byzantine Empire

All students of the medieval crusade are familiar with the ill-starred attack which Bohemund, Prince of Antioch, launched in 1107 from southern Italy against the western flank of the Byzantine Empire.

by Medievalists.net August 7, 2011

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Tradition and Originality in El Greco’s Work: His Synthesis of Byzantine and Renaissance Conceptions of Art

Tradition and Originality in El Greco’s Work: His Synthesis of Byzantine and Renaissance Conceptions of Art By Richard G. Mann Quidditas, Vol.23 (2002)…

by Medievalists.net August 4, 2011

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When did Laskaris Kananos travel in the Baltic lands?

The author describes how he visited Bergen, Stockholm, Riga, Danzig, Lübeck and Copenhagen before moving on to England and Iceland. His account is clearly the result of first hand observation, rather than classical mimesis, and it includes a number of verifiable details such as distances, climate and the diet of the locals.

by Medievalists.net August 3, 2011

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Roger de Flor’s Campaign of 1304 in Western Anatolia: A Reinterpretation

Roger de Flor’s Campaign of 1304 in Western Anatolia: A Reinterpretation By Wiktor Ostasz Paper given at Between Constantines: Representations and Manifestations of…

by Medievalists.net August 2, 2011

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Between the field and the plate: how agricultural products were processed into food

Between the field and the plate: how agricultural products were processed into food By Dionysios Stathakopoulos Eat, Drink, and Be Merry, Luke 12:19:…

by Sandra Alvarez August 1, 2011

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Piracy as Statecraft: The Mediterranean Policies of the Fifth/Eleventh-Century Taifa of Denia

Piracy as Statecraft: The Mediterranean Policies of the Fifth/Eleventh-Century Taifa of Denia Bruce, Travis Al-Masa ̄q, Vol. 22, No. 3, December (2010) Abstract The…

by Medievalists.net July 31, 2011

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The Turks with the Grand Catalan Company, 1305-1312

The campaigns of a band of Spanish mercenary soldiers, under the terrifying Roger de Flor, in the Byzantine lands of the early fourteenth century are fully documented by medieval and contemporary historians.

by Sandra Alvarez July 31, 2011

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The Means of Agricultural Production: Muscle and Tools

The Means of Agricultural Production: Muscle and Tools Bryer, Anthony The Economic History of Byzantium: From the Seventh through the Fifteenth Century, Dumbarton Oaks Research…

by Medievalists.net July 30, 2011

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Byzantium and the Crusades

Articles about the Byzantine empire and the Crusades: Expeditio persica of Heraclius: Holy War or Crusade?, by Nicola Bergamo The Treaty of Devol…

by Sandra Alvarez July 29, 2011

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Crusaders and Historians

Crusaders and Historians Madden, Thomas F. First Things (June/July 2005) Abstract The Crusades have been a topic of intense scholarly investigation for the…

by Sandra Alvarez July 28, 2011

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Orthodoxy on Sale: The Last Byzantine and the Lost Crusade

Orthodoxy on Sale: The Last Byzantine and the Lost Crusade By Silvia Ronchey Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies, London,…

by Medievalists.net July 27, 2011

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Expeditio persica of Heraclius: Holy War or Crusade?

This essay will try to explain if the expeditio persica of Heraclius was similar or not with the concept of western Crusade.

by Sandra Alvarez July 27, 2011

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Rereading the Crusades: An Introduction

Rereading the Crusades: An Introduction M. Powell, James The International History Review, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Nov., 1995) Abstract The very word ‘crusade’…

by Sandra Alvarez July 26, 2011

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MUSLIM REPRESENTATIONS OF THE CRUSADES

MUSLIM REPRESENTATIONS OF THE CRUSADES SIVAN, EMMANUEL Verso Gerusalemme: la Prima Crociata 1099-1999 (1999) Abstract If, as August Nitschke argued, “groups can be understood most…

by Sandra Alvarez July 26, 2011

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The Byzantines and Saladin, 1185-1192: Opponents of the Third Crusade

The Byzantines and Saladin, 1185-1192: Opponents of the Third Crusade Brand, Charles M. Speculum, Vol. 37, No. 2 (Apr., 1962) Abstract On the eve…