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Three types of λωρικια of Constantine Porphyrogenitus and armor holy warriors on steatite icons from the excavations of the medieval Chersonesos (to statement of a question)

Материалы по археологии и истории античного и средневекового Крыма, 2010
One of the most intriguing moments in the history of the use of protective arms in the Byzantine army is the message of the Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus in his treatise "On the ceremonies of the Byzantine court".
Gennady Baranov
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“Then So Did the General’s Lady with Great Magnificence”: the Role of Noble Women in Byzantine Provincial Military Family

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2017
The article is devoted to the role of women in the families of the Byzantine provincial military nobility, in the middle of 9th – middle of 11th century. This issue remains poorly understood in historiography, and it is surely very urgent in light of the
Anton S. Mokhov, Karina R. Kapsalykova
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Peasants into Muslims: Poverty and conversions to Islam in Ottoman Bosnia

The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 600-633, May 2026.
Abstract Whilst economic historians have invested substantial effort into understanding the economic consequences of religion, they have invested less effort into understanding the determinants of religious affiliation. The lack of knowledge about determinants of religious affiliation seems particularly striking in the case of Southeastern Europe ...
Leonard Kukić, Yasin Arslantas
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MILITARY UNIT OF THE SCYTHAE IUSTINIANI: TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF ITS FORMATION

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения
Introduction. Evidence of the military unit of the Scythae Iustiniani has been preserved in papyrus documents of the 6th century from Thebais. The presented article is intended to answer the questions of when and for what purpose this military unit
Andrey Nazarov
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The Theme System and Byzantine Provincial Armed Forces at the Early Palaeologian Period (1259–1328)

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2019
Introduction. The purpose of the paper is to reveal the state, nature and the leadership system of stratiotic forces as part of the Byzantine provincial armed forces of the Early Palaeologian period.
Vladimir A. Zolotovskiy
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Reconstructing post‐crisis recovery in the hinterlands of Constantinople: A high‐resolution first‐millennium CE pollen record from Lake Yeniçağa (NW Türkiye)

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 41, Issue 3, Page 520-539, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Facing a novel plague pandemic, military invasions, and political–economic transformations, societies of the eastern Roman (Byzantine) empire had to adapt to a variety of pressures and new ways of exploiting their natural environments during the mid‐1st millennium CE.
Cristiano Vignola, Mustafa Doğan, Warren Eastwood, John Haldon, Alessia Masi, Neil Roberts, Çetin Şenkul, Adam Izdebski   +7 more
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The horsemen of Karbala [PDF]

Zograf, 2009
This article analyzes a fresco from the ninth or tenth century preserved in a sepulchre church at Guzelyurt (ancient Karbala) in Cappadocia. Two officers of the Byzantine army, Leon, a skribon, who is buried there, and Michael, a turmarch, are depicted ...
Jolivet-Levy Catherine
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The Judeo‐Islamic God

The Muslim World, Volume 116, Issue 2, Page 135-149, Spring 2026.
Abstract This article discusses the concept of the Judeo‐Islamic God as a substantive and defensible alternative to the problematic concept of the “Judeo‐Christian God” in popular, political, and academic Western discourses. It argues that the transcendent monotheistic deity of Islam, Allāh, is a direct continuation of the composite deity of Rabbinic ...
Jeffry R. Halverson
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The two earliest international treaties in the history of Slavic law [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Nišu, 2019
The Russia-Byzantium treaties of 911 and 944 are the two earliest international agreements in the Slavic legal history, which have justifiably drawn considerable attention of legal historians since the mid-19th century.
Nikolić Dragan
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Mills and society in early medieval northern Italy

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 3-33, February 2026.
Drawing on the extensive documentary record of northern Italy, available archaeological evidence, and comparative case studies from early medieval Europe, this study demonstrates that mill‐based landscapes in the Po and Friuli‐Venetian plains were shaped by society as a whole.
Marco Panato
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