The trip of the Great Persian Embassies to Byzantium during the reign of Justinian I (527-565) and its logistics
The trip of the Great Persian Embassies to Byzantium during the reign of Justinian I (527-565) and its logistics By Ioannis Dimitroukas BYZANTINA…
Monemvasia: A Byzantine City State
Monemvasia: A Byzantine City State By Haris A. Kalligas Routledge, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-415-24880-8 This lavishly illustrated book stands out in its field as…
Donor Portraits in Late Medieval Venice c.1280-1413
Although the donor portrait was extremely popular throughout Europe and mainland Italy during the late Middle Ages, the few art historians who have addressed the subject have concluded that the motif was not popular in fourteenth-century Venice.
Sunday matins in the Byzantine cathedral rite : music and liturgy
Sunday matins in the Byzantine cathedral rite : music and liturgy By Alexander Leonidas Lingas PhD Dissertation, University of British Columbia, 1996 Abstract: This is…
From Sophistopolis to Episcopolis: The Case for a Third Sophistic
From Sophistopolis to Episcopolis: The Case for a Third Sophistic By Alberto Quiroga The Journal of Late Antique Religion and Culture, Vol. 1…
Palamite Soteriology in Augustinian Dress? Observations on Prochoros Kydones’ Writings and Translations of Works of Augustine
Palamite Soteriology in Augustinian Dress? Observations on Prochoros Kydones’ Writings and Translations of Works of Augustine By Josef Lössl The Journal of Late…
Some Questions of Medieval Nautical Technology in Kameniates’ “Sack of Thessaloniki” (904AD)
Some Questions of Medieval Nautical Technology in Kameniates’ “Sack of Thessaloniki” (904AD) By G.K. Livadas Tropis Symposia Proceedings, Vol. 3 (1989) Introduction: The chronicle of…
‘Profane’ Activity Amongst Pious Villagers: In pursuit of identity amongst smelting communities in Byzantine Serres and Drama, Macedonia
‘Profane’ Activity Amongst Pious Villagers: In pursuit of identity amongst smelting communities in Byzantine Serres and Drama, Macedonia By Nerantzis Nerantzis Assemblage: The…
The Byzantine and Early Islamic settlement of Khirbat Shuwayka
The Byzantine and Early Islamic settlement of Khirbat Shuwayka By Ibrahim Abu A’mar, Marwan Abu Khalaf, Salah Al-Houdalieh, and Robert Hoyland Web Journal…
Earthquakes in Medieval Sicily (A Historical Revision 7th – 13th Century)
The need to understand the activity of the main seismogenetic structures, to calculate the recurrence periods of major earthquakes and to identify their main epicentral areas, requires wide-ranging research in the field of historical seismology.
Rural Fortifications in Western Europe and Byzantium, Tenth to Twelfth Century
Rural Fortifications in Western Europe and Byzantium, Tenth to Twelfth Century By Mark Whittow Byzantinische Forschungen v.21 (1995) Introduction: In 1992 – warmly…
Appropriation of Pagan Roman Motifs in Christian Byzantine Coinage
Appropriation of Pagan Roman Motifs in Christian Byzantine Coinage Lecture by Kelly Hughes, given at the University of Richmond February 2, 2009 Art…
The construction of authority in ancient Rome and Byzantium : the rhetoric of empire
The construction of authority in ancient Rome and Byzantium : the rhetoric of empire By Sarolta A. Takács Cambridge University Press, 2009 ISBN:…
Empires and exploitation: The case of Byzantium
Exploitation is thus meaningful only in terms of the ways in which the state and society of Byzantium functioned—who exploited whom and how, in economic and political terms—and in respect of the cultural impact of Byzantine civilization on the outside world.
Eikonomachia: The Afterlife of the “Iconoclastic Controversy” in Byzantium
Eikonomachia: The Afterlife of the “Iconoclastic Controversy” in Byzantium By Charles Barber Iconoclasm: The War on Images: 6th Annual Platsis Symposium (2007) Introduction:…
Iconoclasm in Byzantium: myths and realities
Byzantine iconoclasm has been wrapped in an almost impenetrable membrane of attitudes and assumptions, many of them conflicting.
The Armenian and Byzantine Foundations of the Concept of Jihad
What those ideas were I shall endeavor to make clear by first translating and then commenting on the passage in question. After that I propose to draw the reader’s attention to certain broad but significant similarities between these ideas and the concept of Jihad as initially expressed and enunciated in the pages of the Qur’an.
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…
A Fresh Look at Bulgaria under Tsar Peter (927-69)
Scholars have all agreed that following Symeon’s death in 927 Bulgaria underwent a major decline under his son and successor, Peter, who is generally depicted as being weak and incapable.
The Tactics and Strategy of Alexius Comnenus at Calavrytae, 1078
I shall thoroughly analyze the battle for which we have two seperate and detailed accounts. One is provided by the Alexiad of Princess Anna Comnena, the daughter of Domestic of the Schools, who led the imperial forces. The other is by the eldest son of the leader of the insurgents, Nicephorus Bryennius, also named Nicephorus Bryennius.
The Apology of Demetrius Cydones: A Fourteenth-Century Autobiographical Source
The Apology of Demetrius Cydones: A Fourteenth-Century Autobiographical Source By Frances Kianka Byzantine Studies / Etudes Byzantines, Vol. 7:1 (1980) Introduction: Thanks to…