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Author | : Gill Page |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Greeks |
ISBN | : 9781107197718 |
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In 1204, the Byzantine Empire was conquered by troops from western Europe ostensibly taking part in the Fourth Crusade. This was a hugely significant event for the subjects of the Empire, radically altering the Byzantines' self-image and weakening their state for the later conflict with the Ottoman Turks. Using the theory of ethnicity - a comparatively recent tool with regard to the pre-modern era - Gill Page provides fresh insight into the late Byzantine period, providing a corrective to nationalistic interpretations of the period of Frankish rule and more broadly to generally held assumptions of ethnic hostility in the period. A systematic analysis of texts in Greek from the period 1200-1420, from both ends of the social spectrum, is backed up by an in-depth study of Frankish rule in the Peloponnese to reveal the trends in the development of Byzantine identity under the impact of the Franks.
Author | : Gill Page |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008-10-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521871816 |
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New interpretation of the medieval history of Greece over the period 1200-1420, focusing particularly on the ethnic identity of the Greeks during this period and their relationship with their western rulers. The book argues that there was less ethnic conflict than has often been supposed.
Author | : Gill Page |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Greeks |
ISBN | : 9780511456299 |
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In 1204, the Byzantine Empire was conquered by troops from western Europe ostensibly taking part in the Fourth Crusade. This was a hugely significant event for the subjects of the Empire, radically altering the Byzantines' self-image and weakening their state for the later conflict with the Ottoman Turks. Using the theory of ethnicity - a comparatively recent tool with regard to the pre-modern era - Gill Page provides fresh insight into the late Byzantine period, providing a corrective to nationalistic interpretations of the period of Frankish rule and more broadly to generally held assumptions of ethnic hostility in the period. A systematic analysis of texts in Greek from the period 1200-1420, from both ends of the social spectrum, is backed up by an in-depth study of Frankish rule in the Peloponnese to reveal the trends in the development of Byzantine identity under the impact of the Franks.
Author | : Edward Faulk |
Publisher | : Paulist Press |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780809144419 |
Download 101 Questions and Answers on Eastern Catholic Churches Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Table of Contents: The churches -- History -- The workings of the church.
Author | : Marc Diederik Lauxtermann |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Byzantine Empire |
ISBN | : 9781138225039 |
Download Byzantium in the Eleventh Century Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The eleventh century in Byzantium is all about being in between, whether this is between Basil II and Alexios Komnenos, between the forces of the Normans, the Pechenegs and the Turks, or between different social groupings, cultural identities and religious persuasions. It is a period of fundamental changes and transformations, both internal and external, but also a period rife with clichés and dominated by the towering presence of Michael Psellos whose usually self-contradictory accounts continue to loom large in the field of Byzantine studies. The essays collected here, which were delivered at the 45th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, explore new avenues of research and offer new perspectives on this transitional period. The book is divided into four thematic clusters: 'The age of Psellos' studies this crucial figure and seeks to situate him in his time; 'Social structures' is concerned with the ways in which the deep structures of Byzantine society and economy responded to change; 'State and Church' offers a set of studies of various political developments in eleventh-century Byzantium; and 'The age of spirituality' offers the voices of those for whom Psellos had little time and little use: monks, religious thinkers and pious laymen.
Author | : Anthony Kaldellis |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2015-02-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674967402 |
Download The Byzantine Republic Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Although Byzantium is known to history as the Eastern Roman Empire, scholars have long claimed that this Greek Christian theocracy bore little resemblance to Rome. Here, in a revolutionary model of Byzantine politics and society, Anthony Kaldellis reconnects Byzantium to its Roman roots, arguing that from the fifth to the twelfth centuries CE the Eastern Roman Empire was essentially a republic, with power exercised on behalf of the people and sometimes by them too. The Byzantine Republic recovers for the historical record a less autocratic, more populist Byzantium whose Greek-speaking citizens considered themselves as fully Roman as their Latin-speaking “ancestors.” Kaldellis shows that the idea of Byzantium as a rigid imperial theocracy is a misleading construct of Western historians since the Enlightenment. With court proclamations often draped in Christian rhetoric, the notion of divine kingship emerged as a way to disguise the inherent vulnerability of each regime. The legitimacy of the emperors was not predicated on an absolute right to the throne but on the popularity of individual emperors, whose grip on power was tenuous despite the stability of the imperial institution itself. Kaldellis examines the overlooked Byzantine concept of the polity, along with the complex relationship of emperors to the law and the ways they bolstered their popular acceptance and avoided challenges. The rebellions that periodically rocked the empire were not aberrations, he shows, but an essential part of the functioning of the republican monarchy.
Author | : Stephen R. Lawhead |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 1199 |
Release | : 2009-10-13 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0061841889 |
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Born to rule Although born to rule, Aidan lives as a scribe in a remote Irish monastery on the far, wild edge of Christendom. Secure in work, contemplation, and dreams of the wider world, a miracle bursts into Aidan's quiet life. He is chosen to accompany a small band of monks on a quest to the farthest eastern reaches of the known world, to the fabled city of Byzantium, where they are to present a beautiful and costly hand-illuminated manuscript, the Book of Kells, to the Emperor of all Christendom. Thus begins an expedition by sea and over land, as Aidan becomes, by turns, a warrior and a sailor, a slave and a spy, a Viking and a Saracen, and finally, a man. He sees more of the world than most men of his time, becoming an ambassador to kings and an intimate of Byzantium's fabled Golden Court. And finally this valiant Irish monk faces the greatest trial that can confront any man in any age: commanding his own Destiny.
Author | : Liz James |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 2010-01-29 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781444320022 |
Download A Companion to Byzantium Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Using new methodological and theoretical approaches, A Companionto Byzantium presents an overview of the Byzantine world fromits inception in 330 A.D. to its fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. Provides an accessible overview of eleven centuries ofByzantine society Introduces the most recent scholarship that is transforming thefield of Byzantine studies Emphasizes Byzantium's social and cultural history, as well asits material culture Explores traditional topics and themes through freshperspectives
Author | : Óscar Prieto Domínguez |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 557 |
Release | : 2021-02-04 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1108491308 |
Download Literary Circles in Byzantine Iconoclasm Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Explores the literary texts produced during Byzantine Iconoclasm and their use as ideological tools by the main political circles.
Author | : David Holton |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 2258 |
Release | : 2019-04-18 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1108640923 |
Download The Cambridge Grammar of Medieval and Early Modern Greek Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The Greek language has a written history of more than 3,000 years. While the classical, Hellenistic and modern periods of the language are well researched, the intermediate stages are much less well known, but of great interest to those curious to know how a language changes over time. The geographical area where Greek has been spoken stretches from the Aegean Islands to the Black Sea and from Southern Italy and Sicily to the Middle East, largely corresponding to former territories of the Byzantine Empire and its successor states. This Grammar draws on a comprehensive corpus of literary and non-literary texts written in various forms of the vernacular to document the processes of change between the eleventh and eighteenth centuries, processes which can be seen as broadly comparable to the emergence of the Romance languages from Medieval Latin. Regional and dialectal variation in phonology and morphology are treated in detail.