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Anna Komnene describes the political and military history of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of her father, Emperor Alexios I. The text documents the Crusades and the conflicting perceptions of East and West in the early 12th century.

Aus Anlaß des 80. Geburtstags von Johannes Koder (*1942) bringen Freunde, Wegbegleiter, Schüler und Kollegen diese Festschrift dar, deren Beiträge sich inhaltlich auf jene Forschungsinteressen des Jubilars beziehen, die er als Professor für Byzantinistik an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (1978-1985) und ordentlicher Professor der Byzantinistik an der Universität Wien (1985-2010) stets mit großem Eifer, Enthusiasmus und Originalität in Lehre und Forschung vertreten hat. Dazu zählen im wesentlichen Aspekte der historischen Geographie, Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Archäologie, Gräzistik und Philologie sowie Hymnologie des Byzantinischen Reiches, womit er die Beitragenden aus dem In- und Ausland während seiner aktiven Laufbahn auf verschiedene Art und Weise inspirierte.Aus diesem Grunde finden sich in diesem Band archäologische, toponomastische, historische, philologische, historisch-geographische und kunsthistorische Themen. Vom wachen schöpferischen Geist Johannes Koders zeugt auch seine Beschäftigung mit vermeintlichen "Randthemen" der Byzantinistik und Balkanforschung, wie zum Beispiel dem Kordax - dem "Tanz der Slawen", der für die Festschrift namensgebend ist.

Located on the North Anatolian Fault, Constantinople was frequently shaken by earthquakes. This book argues that ritual and theological responses to these events shaped Byzantine conceptions of God and the environment and transformed Constantinople's self-understanding as the capital of the oikoumene and center of divine action in history.

Step into the enigmatic world of "The Ottoman Empire" a compelling exploration of the rise, zenith, and eventual decline of one of the most formidable empires in history. This meticulously researched account takes readers on a captivating journey through the annals of time, unraveling the intricate tapestry of a civilization that spanned over six centuries.From the humble beginnings of Osman I to the imperial splendor of Suleiman the Magnificent, this book delves into the political intrigues, military conquests, and cultural achievements that defined the Ottomans. Experience the grandeur of the Topkapi Palace, the mystique of the Janissaries, and the opulence of the Silk Road as the Ottoman Empire carved its indelible mark on the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa.As the narrative unfolds, witness the challenges that tested the resilience of this once-mighty empire: the seismic shifts in geopolitical dynamics, internal strife, and the inexorable march of time. Gain insights into the intricate interplay of religion, politics, and cultural exchange that shaped the Ottoman identity and influenced the destiny of the empire."The Ottoman Empire" goes beyond the battlefield, offering a nuanced portrayal of the diverse peoples and communities that coexisted within the Ottoman domains. Explore the vibrant mosaic of Ottoman society, where scholars, artisans, and merchants flourished amidst a backdrop of architectural marvels and artistic achievements.However, the book does not shy away from the shadows that eventually enveloped the Ottoman Empire. Trace the gradual decline, examining the pivotal moments that signaled the end of an era and the emergence of a new geopolitical landscape.

The Almanach of Würzburg is a compendium of imperial, royal, and princely dynastic houses and nobility around the world from a diverse array of national and ethnic historical backgrounds. It is published by the Noble Company currently every year or two.

The Secret History of the Court of the emperor Justinian by Procopius is a detailed description of the drama and various shady business of the royal notables of Byzantine Emperor Justinian's court.

This book offers a comprehensive examination of the intricate dynamics of regional dominance, conflict, and diplomatic exchanges that unfolded in the northeastern Mediterranean during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The historical backdrop is set against the backdrop of the emergence of competing centers of imperial power in Asia Minor and the Balkan Peninsula, following the disintegration of the Byzantine political and cultural unity in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade. The study revolves around two central themes: 1) the strategies employed by Latin, Greek, and Slav powers to establish and legitimize their imperial status in a region previously dominated by Byzantine universalism, and 2) the concurrent policies pursued by the Constantinople Patriarchate to restore ecclesiastical unity within the religiously and politically fragmented Christian realm of the northeastern Mediterranean. The dissolution of the Byzantine Empire led to a multipolar world, challenging the assumption of a unified Christendom in the Greek East and allowing for the testing of various forms of leadership as alternatives to a single dominant ruling system.

This is the first major study to comprehensively analyze the art and architecture of the archdiocese of Bari and Canosa during the Byzantine period and the upheaval of the Norman conquest. The book places Bari and Canosa in a Mediterranean context, arguing that international connections with the eastern Mediterranean were a continuous thread that shaped art and architecture throughout the Byzantine and Norman eras. Clare Vernon has examined a wide variety of media, including architecture, sculpture, metalwork, manuscripts, epigraphy and luxury portable objects, as well as patronage, to illustrate how cross-cultural encounters, the first crusade, slavery and continuities and disruptions in the relationship with Constantinople, shaped the visual culture of the archdiocese. From Byzantine to Norman Italy will appeal to students and scholars of Byzantine art, the medieval Mediterranean and the Italo-Norman world.

The fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the Ottoman armies led by Mehmed II marked a momentous event that had far-reaching repercussions across Renaissance Europe. This event catalyzed the migration of Byzantines to various regions, including Italy, carrying with them the rich heritage of Greek antiquity. Among the figures contributing to the Renaissance was Laonikos Chalkokondyles, whose work held particular significance. His detailed application of Herodotos' historical methods to the fifteenth century, titled "Apodeixis Historion," served as a lens through which he interpreted the rise of the Ottoman Empire in light of ancient history. This work, printed in Latin, French, and Greek, achieved widespread success.Chalkokondyles' historical approach rejuvenated ancient categories such as ethnicity, political governance, language, and geography to provide insight into contemporary events and societies. By restoring these Herodotean concepts, he offered a framework to understand the dynamics of his time. In this endeavor, he markedly diverged from the approaches taken by previous Byzantine historians, demonstrating a departure that can be termed "revolutionary classicizing."This term encapsulates Chalkokondyles' innovative approach to historical interpretation. Instead of adhering to the traditional model of lawful imperial rule, he reintroduced the notion of oriental tyranny when describing the emerging Ottoman state. While his emulation of ancient classics might appear on the surface, his revival of political concepts represented a radical departure from the norm. Notably, he reintroduced the idea of city-states as distinct ethnic units, emphasized freedom as independence from foreign domination, and highlighted law-giving as a core element of Hellenic tradition-a concept not typically extended to the Christian era.Chalkokondyles' work illustrates the complex relationship between historical interpretation and contemporary perspectives. By applying ancient methodologies to his time, he crafted a new understanding of political structures and principles. In essence, his "revolutionary classicizing" approach exemplified how the past could be reimagined and repurposed to comprehend the evolving world, ultimately contributing to the transformative period of the Renaissance.

Secular Byzantine Women examines female material culture during the Late Roman, Byzantine, and Post-Byzantine eras, to better understand the lives of ordinary and humble women during this period.Although recent scholarship has contributed greatly to our knowledge of Byzantine and medieval women, such research has largely focused on female saints, imperial figures, and prominent women of local communities. But what about secular and non-privileged women? Bringing together scholars from various fields, including archaeology, history, theology, anthropology, and ethnography, this volume seeks to answer this important question. The chapters examine the everyday lives of lay women, including their working routines, their clothing, and precious possessions.This book will appeal to scholars and students of Byzantine history, art, and archaeology, as well as those interested in gender and material culture studies.

Organized into four sections, this book covers: Theory and Historiography, Geography and Economy, Architecture and the Built Environment, and Daily Life and Material Culture.

Strategens død og en anden historie, Det sidste ansigt, er to noveller som i klassisk Álvaro Mutis-stil udfolder sig i en historisk epoke, den første i Det Byzantinske Rige omkring år 800, den anden i Colombia i 1830. Alligevel er det ikke historiske noveller. Historien er altid nutidig for Mutis fordi vi konstant genoplever den og – med hans hjælp – også kan leve i den gennem personerne i fortællingerne. De handler om fænomener som ikke lader sig binde af tiden: menneskets stræben over for intetheden og på trods af håbløsheden, kærligheden som til sidst giver livet mening uanset alt andet. Álvaro Mutis, født i Colombia i 1923, anses for en af de vigtigste forfattere i Latinamerika. Han har modtaget en række priser, herunder Premio Príncipe de Asturias og Premio Cervantes. Hans righoldige værk omfatter novellesamlinger, romaner og digte. Han har boet i Bruxelles og Bogotá samt i Mexico, hvor Nobelprismodtageren Octavio Paz åbnede dørene til de litterære kredse for ham. Han var nær ven af Gabriel García Márquez, men udviklede selv sent i livet sin gennemgående karakter Maqroll. Denne bog med novellerne Strategens død og Det sidste ansigt er en hyldest fra Aurora Boreal i anledning af 100-året for Álvaro Mutis’ fød

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Hippolytus composed his now largely lost work of the history of the Roman Empire sometime in the late 6th century. While its influence appears to resonant across the centuries, the text itself has been lost. What is compiled here is the few surviving fragments of his works preserved in various extended quotations by other authors. Much of his surviving writings give us precious insight in the personal life of the family of Christ, his sisters, and extended family, as well as notes about the reign of the Emperor Constantine I.

"A comprehensive reassessment of the legal aspects of the colonate, situating the phenomenon within its socio-economic context. It examines afresh two critical sources, the Theodosian and Justinian Codes, and is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Roman law and the agricultural and social history of late antiquity"--

"Theodore Metochites (1270-1328) is one of the most important writers, thinkers, and statemen of the Byzantine Empire. Metochites and his rival Nikephoros Choumnos (1250-1327) animated the philosophical and cultural debate in Constantinople in the early fourteenth century. Each held the title of mesazon, a powerful position in the Byzantine government, and both men were active just before the controversy concerning the "divine light" and mystic contemplation (Hesychasm) that broke out in 1340. They had become monks before the synods were gathered to decide whether Gregory Palamas was Orthodox or not, resulting in his victory (Synods of Constantinople of 1341, 1347, 1351). Metochites is famous for his artistic patronage of the Monastery of Saint Saviour in Chora (Kariye Camii), where he retired. The monastery's mosaics and frescoes are among the greatest witnesses to Byzantine aesthetics. Metochites's writings are significant in the Byzantine era and are presented in this volume by some of the principal specialists of his work"--

This book casts light on a much neglected phase of the UNESCO world heritage site of Palmyra, namely the period between the fall of the Palmyrene 'Empire' (AD 272) and the end of the Umayyad dominion (AD 750).

Without the Byzantine Empire, there never would have been Western civilization.Western civilization is generally regarded as the child of Athens, Jerusalem, and Rome. That is, in the West, our philosophical and political thought is derived from that of the ancient Greeks; our Christian religion comes from the Jewish religion, and both of these came to us via the Roman Empire and the civilization and culture it created. Western society has other forefathers as well: we would be unwise to give the Byzantine Empire short shrift. The ways in which it has influenced our world for the good, and indeed, created the parameters of our society at its healthiest and strongest, are insufficiently appreciated today. In its confusion, uncertainty, and lack of direction, the West has lost its way. There is a great deal it can, and should, learn from Byzantium. If the United States were to last as long as the Roman Empire, including its Byzantine period, it would have to continue as an independent country, with political and cultural continuity, until the year 2899. To maintain a unified nation state for over eleven hundred years is a remarkable achievement by any standard, and the Romans accomplished it while facing existential threats and efforts to extinguish their polity during virtually every period of their existence. Now, nearly six hundred years after the demise of the empire, its influence still resonates in a number of fields, albeit almost entirely unnoticed and unappreciated. There is no arguing with success. It’s time we took notice.

In 1458 George of Trebizond transferred the Plato-Aristotle controversy from the Byzantine world to the Latin by publishing his Comparatio Philosophorum Platonis et Aristotelis et Praestantia Aristotelis, a full-scale attack on Plato and the Platonic tradition from antiquity to the present day, ending with a violent diatribe on the dangers posed by the influence of Cardinal Bessarion's recently deceased teacher, George Gemistus Pletho. To respond, Bessarion knew that he would have to do so in Latin, but in actuality, he composed his response in Greek and then translated it into Latin. The result was the Liber Defensionum contra Obiectiones in Platonem, which was ready for publication by 1466. At that point, however, he withdrew it from publication in order to expand its content as well as to refine its Latinity. Bessarion's response finally appeared in 1469 as the In Calumniatorem Platonis. But it was in the Liber Defensionum that Bessarion made his major decisions on what to include as well as what to exclude from his original Greek text and exactly how he would render the Greek into Latin. Thus, to understand the language and structure of the In Calumniatorem Platonis one must turn first to the Liber Defensionum.

The second book in The Empress Irini Series, charting the extraordinary rise to power of Irini of Athens. Irini's conniving mother-in-law, her five jealous step-brothers, and her own husband, Co-Emperor Leon, threaten Irini's safety in Constantinople. She summons Abbess Thekla, her knife-wielding friend, to bring her sharp wits and courage to get Irini safely through childbirth in the Great Palace. Thekla owes Irini her life and thus her loyalty but she is staggered by Irini's powerful ambitions which far exceed being docile wife and mother. Can Thekla survive Irini's vengeful nature and the bloody aftermath of Irini's ruthless ambition? More from the Empress Irini Series Betrothal and Betrayal >

Matthew of Edessa's Chronicle is a valuable source for the history of the Near East in the 10th-12th centuries. Matthew's work describes the period from 952 to 1129. Appended to it is a continuation by Gregory the Priest, which describes events from 1137 to 1162. Western scholars have used the Chronicle primarily for its unique information on the Crusades. It contains, additionally, invaluable information on Byzantium, the Arabs, Seljuks, Persians, and especially the Armenians, both secular and clerical, both lords and louts. Volume 3 was written in 1136-1137 and covers the period from 1102 to 1129, and includes the continuation by Gregory the Priest.The Sophene Dual Language series places the Classical Armenian text side-by-side with its English translation, making for the most accessible editions of the finest works of Armenian literature.Translated into English by Robert Bedrosian.

Belisarius & Antonina is a biography of an immensely powerful marriage in the time of Roman resurgence and expansion. It sheds new light on the reign of Justinian while exploring the successes, failures, and challenges of this unique partnership.

Sebeos' History is a seventh century document of special importance for the study of Armenia and the Middle East in the sixth-seventh centuries. It was during this period, when Iran and Byzantium were wrestling for control of the Armenian highlands, that Armenian culture became more individual, independent, and distinctively national. While Sebeos focuses his attention primarily on Armenia's lay and clerical naxarars (lords), he also provides extensive and valuable information on events taking place in the neighboring societies of Byzantium, Iran, and among the Arabs. Volume II includes chapters 26 to 38.The Sophene Dual Language series places the original Armenian text side-by-side with its English translation, making for the most accessible editions of the finest works of Armenian literature.Translated into English by Robert Bedrosian.

Smbat Sparapet's Chronicle is a major source for the history of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Roughly three-quarters of the work consists of a summary of Matthew of Edessa's Chronicle which describes the period from 951 to 1136 and its continuation by Gregory the Priest, covering the period from 1136-1162. Given that Matthew's work has survived, by far the most important part of Smbat Sparapet's Chronicle is its original contribution, devoted to the period from 1163 to 1272. Volume II covers the period from 1151 to 1272.

The corpus of Palaiologan romances consists of about a dozen works of imaginative fiction from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries which narrate the trials and tribulations of aristocratic young lovers. This volume brings together leading scholars of Byzantine literature to examine the corpus afresh and aims to be the definitive work on the subject, suitable for scholars and students of all levels. It offers interdisciplinary and transnational approaches which demonstrate the aesthetic and cultural value of these works in their own right and their centrality to the medieval and early modern Greek, European and Mediterranean literary traditions. From a historical perspective, the volume also emphasizes how the romances represent a turning point in the history of Greek letters: they are a repository of both ancient and medieval oral poetic and novelistic traditions and yet are often considered the earliest works of Modern Greek literature.