Project to examine images of Hell in the medieval churches of Crete
Frescoes from the island of Crete depicting scenes of Hell and the punishments of the damned are the focus of a new research…
Calculating Byzantium? Social Network Analysis and Complexity Sciences as tools for the exploration of medieval social dynamics
Calculating Byzantium? Social Network Analysis and Complexity Sciences as tools for the exploration of medieval social dynamics By Johannes Preiser-Kapeller Historical Dynamics of…
Calculating the Synod? A network analysis of the synod and the episcopacy in the Register of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the years 1379–1390
Calculating the Synod? A network analysis of the synod and the episcopacy in the Register of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the years…
The epidemic of Justinian (AD 542): a prelude to the Middle Ages
The epidemic of Justinian (AD 542): a prelude to the Middle Ages By Francois Retief and Louise P. Cilliers Acta Theologica, Vol.26:2 (2006)…
An Introduction to Byzantine Monasticism
An Introduction to Byzantine Monasticism By Alice-Mary Talbot Illinois Classical Studies, Vol.12:2 (1987) Introduction: The institution of monasticism was one of the most…
Mehmed the Conqueror and the Equestrian Statue of the Augustaion
Mehmed the Conqueror and the Equestrian Statue of the Augustaion By J. Raby Illinois Classical Studies, Vol. 12:2 (1987) Introduction: One of the…
Byzantium’s Role in the Formation of Early Medieval Civilization: Approaches and Problems
Byzantium’s Role in the Formation of Early Medieval Civilization: Approaches and Problems By Michael McCormick Illinois Classical Studies, Vol.12:2 (1987) Introduction: Until recently,…
The campaigns of the Norman dukes of southern Italy against Byzantium, in the years between 1071 and 1108 AD
I intend to examine all the main campaigns conducted by the Normans in the Byzantine Empire’s western Balkan provinces, in the period from the fall of Bari, the capital of Byzantine Longobardia (Italy) and the seat of the Byzantine governor of Italy in 1071, to the Treaty of Devol that marked the end of Bohemond of Taranto’s Illyrian campaign in 1108.
Procopius on Roman, Persian and Gothic Strategy near Dara and Rome
This paper examines Procopius’ descriptions of Roman, Persian and Gothic strategies to control Dara in 530 and Rome in 537-8 by reconciling texts with the landscapes of the areas concerned drawing on satellite imagery, cartography and field visits.
Cases and Clauses: The Language of Exclusion in Byzantium
Cases and Clauses: The Language of Exclusion in Byzantium By Rosemary Morris Toleration and Repression in the Middle Ages (2002) Introduction: The cultural…
The Female Desire for Imperial Authority in Byzantium: The Case of Zoe and Theodora
The Female Desire for Imperial Authority in Byzantium: The Case of Zoe and Theodora By Sanja Mesanovic Toleration and Repression in the Middle…
Toleration and Repression within the Byzantine Family: Gender Problems
Toleration and Repression within the Byzantine Family: Gender Problems By Judith Herrin Toleration and repression in the Middle Ages (2002) Introduction: While the…
Parameters of Tolerance during the Second Iconoclasm, with Special Regard to the Letters of Theodore the Stoudite
Parameters of Tolerance during the Second Iconoclasm, with Special Regard to the Letters of Theodore the Stoudite By D.R. Turner Toleration and repression…
Chronological systems in Roman – Byzantine Palestine and Arabia: the evidence of the dated Greek inscriptions
Chronological systems in Roman – Byzantine Palestine and Arabia: the evidence of the dated Greek inscriptions By Yiannis E. Meimaris, in collaboration with…
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…
Icon: A Word with Many Meanings
Helen Evans describes the many different kinds of icons that populated the Byzantine world, delving into the Met’s incredible collection of these venerable images.
Eirene Doukaina, Byzantine empress, A.D. 1067-1133
Eirene Doukaina, Byzantine empress, A.D. 1067-1133 By Elizabeth C. Lundy Master’s Thesis, University of Ottawa, 1988 Abstract: Eirene Doukaina was born in Constantinople…
Byzantine and Turkish glazed ceramics in southern Apulia, Italy
Byzantine and Turkish glazed ceramics in southern Apulia, Italy By Paul Arthur BYZAS, Vol.7 (2007) Abstract: The author presents an outline of the…
Manuel I Komnenos and Michael Glykas: A Twelfth Century Defense and Refutation of Astrology
Manuel I Komnenos and Michael Glykas: A Twelfth Century Defense and Refutation of Astrology By Demetra George Culture and Cosmos, Vol.5-6 (2001-2002) Abstract:…
Texts and contexts : women’s dedicated life from Caesarius to Benedict
Texts and contexts : women’s dedicated life from Caesarius to Benedict Rudge, Lindsay University of St Andrews, 21-Jun-2007 Abstract The history of western…
The Water Supply of Byzantine Constantinople
The Water Supply of Byzantine Constantinople By James Crow, Jonathan Bardill and Richard Bayliss Journal of Roman Studies Monographs, No.11 (2008) ISBN 978…
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,…
Plato, Byzantium and the Italian Renaissance
Plato, Byzantium and the Italian Renaissance By Jonathan Harris History Teaching Review Year Book, Vol.19 (2006) Introduction: The ideas of the Athenian philosopher,…
Wars and rumours of wars: England and the Byzantine world in the eighth and ninth centuries
The early mediaeval inhabitants of Britain felt remote from the centres of civilisation, and looked to Rome and also Byzantium as model Christian powers.
A worthless prince? Andreas Palaeologus in Rome, 1465-1502
Andreas Palaeologus, the claimant to the Byzantine throne who died in Rome in 1502, has not been treated kindly by posterity.