Settlement and defence of Byzantine and Longobard northern and central Italy
This thesis considers the patterns of settlement in Northern and Central Italy during the Byzantine and Longobard epochs, with close attention to the form of military occupation along the various provincial borders.
What the West has won by the Fall of Byzantium?
In the following I shall attempt to present at least a broad evaluation of the impact Greek scholars had on the acculturation of Hellenic humanism in the late fifteenth and the early decades of sixteenth century Italy.
The concept of marriage in Roman, Byzantine and Serbian mediaeval law
The concept of marriage in Roman, Byzantine and Serbian mediaeval law By Šarkić SrÄ‘an Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta, Issue 41 (2004) Abstract: In this…
Procopius about the supreme god of the Slavs (Bella VII 14, 23): Two critical remarks
Procopius about the supreme god of the Slavs (Bella VII 14, 23): Two critical remarks By Aleksandar Loma Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta, Issue…
The Genoese citizenship of Carlo I Tocco of December 2, 1389
The Genoese citizenship, granted to Carlo I Tocco and his regent mother Magdalene by the authorities of the Republic of Genova (December 2, 1389) is a document the existence of which is widely accepted in the scholarly circles despite the fact that the details of its content have still remained largely unknown.
Byzantium, the Italian maritime powers, and the Black Sea before 1204
Byzantium, the Italian maritime powers, and the Black Sea before 1204 By David Jacoby Byzantinische Zeitschrift, Volume 100, Issue 2 (2008) Introduction: Genoa…
The date of the military compendium of Syrianus Magister (Formerly the sixth-century anonymus Byzantinus)
The date of the military compendium of Syrianus Magister (Formerly the sixth-century anonymus Byzantinus) By Philip Rance Byzantinische Zeitschrift, Volume 100, Issue 2…
Byzantium on the Web: New Technologies at the Service of Museums and Educational Institutions for the Presentation of Byzantine Culture
Byzantium on the Web: New Technologies at the Service of Museums and Educational Institutions for the Presentation of Byzantine Culture By Vicky Foskolou…
Constans II and the Byzantine navy
Constans II and the Byzantine navy By Salvatore Cosentino Byzantinische Zeitschrift, Volume 100, Issue 2 Â (2008) Introduction: At the beginning of the twentieth…
The Sons of Hagar in Archbishop Eustathiosá¾½ The Capture of Thessaloniki: Some Evidence Concerning Late Twelfth Century Byzantine-Turkish Relations
The Sons of Hagar in Archbishop Eustathiosá¾½ The Capture of Thessaloniki: Some Evidence Concerning Late Twelfth Century Byzantine-Turkish Relations By Gerasimos A. Merianos…
Viking raids on the Spanish Peninsula
The Muslims described «heathens» as Majus. The name Majus – Magians was originally used of the Zoroastrians. It was then extended to other unbelievers, together with the associations of the term — e. g. incest and fire-worship.
The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire Interview of Edward N. Luttwak Filmed December 8, 2009 at the University of California at Berkeley…
Interview with Haris A Kalligas
Monemvasia: A Byzantine City State, the only book currently available on the best-preserved Byzantine city in the Peloponnese – Monemvasia. Haris A. Kalligas, a…
Petrarch’s Vision of the Muslim and Byzantine East
Petrarch’s Vision of the Muslim and Byzantine East By Nancy Bisaha Speculum, Vol. 76:2 (2001) Introduction: Born just thirteen years after the fall of…
Cooking Pots as Indicators of Cultural Change: A Petrographic Study of Byzantine and Frankish Cooking Wares from Corinth
Cooking Pots as Indicators of Cultural Change: A Petrographic Study of Byzantine and Frankish Cooking Wares from Corinth By Louise Joyner Hesperia, Vol.76:1…
Justinian and the International Silk Trade
Justinian and the International Silk Trade By Heleanor B. Feltham Sino-Platonic Papers, No.194 (2009) Introduction: In this study I will be looking at…
The dialectics of expansion and retraction: recent scholarship on the Palaiologan aristocracy
The dialectics of expansion and retraction: recent scholarship on the Palaiologan aristocracy By Dionysios Stathakopoulos Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Vol. 33 No. 1…
‘Fit for the task’: equipment sizes and the transmission of military lore, sixth to tenth centuries
Fit for the task: equipment sizes and the transmission of military lore, sixth to tenth centuries By Timothy Dawson Byzantine and Modern Greek…
The Walpurgis Fechtbuch: An Inheritance of Constantinople?
The primacy of the Walpurgis Fechtbuch (Royal Armouries I.33) as the earliest surviving illuminated book giving instruction on individual combat has generated a great deal of discussion about why it was compiled, and where the techniques depicted came from.
Dividing the indivisible: The monastery space – secular and sacred
Dividing the indivisible: The monastery space – secular and sacred By Svetlana Popović Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta, Issue 44 (2007) Abstract: The spatial dualism, secular…
A generation gap or political enmity?: Emperor Manuel Komnenos, Byzantine intellectuals and the struggle for domination in twelfth century Byzantium
More than decade and a half into the reign of Manuel Komnenos a mysterious conspiracy came to light, master-minded by a person from the emperor’s closest circle and one of the Empire’s most senior bureaucrats…
Prophets carrying texts by other authors in Byzantine painting: Mistakes or intentional substitutions?
Prophets carrying texts by other authors in Byzantine painting: Mistakes or intentional substitutions? By Ljubica D. Popovich Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta, Issue 44 (2007)…
Orestes and Pylades in Byzantine historiography: Two examples
Orestes and Pylades in Byzantine historiography: Two examples By Korać DuÅ¡an and Radić Radivoj Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta, Issue 44 (2007) Abstract: This article analyzes…