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2019
An indispensable resource for investigating the history of the Byzantine Empire, this book provides a comprehensive summary of its overall development as well as its legacy in the modern world. The existence and development of Byzantium covers more than a millennium and coincides with one of the darkest periods of European history.
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An indispensable resource for investigating the history of the Byzantine Empire, this book provides a comprehensive summary of its overall development as well as its legacy in the modern world. The existence and development of Byzantium covers more than a millennium and coincides with one of the darkest periods of European history.
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2023
Chapter 1 charts the declining diplomatic and territorial importance of the Byzantine polity of Antioch in the years between 1050 and the fall of city to the Anatolian Seljuq ruler Sulayman b. Qutlumush in 1084. It presents a new chronology for the decline of Byzantine influence from 1062 onwards.
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Chapter 1 charts the declining diplomatic and territorial importance of the Byzantine polity of Antioch in the years between 1050 and the fall of city to the Anatolian Seljuq ruler Sulayman b. Qutlumush in 1084. It presents a new chronology for the decline of Byzantine influence from 1062 onwards.
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Suicide in the Byzantine Empire.
Psychiatrike = Psychiatriki, 2014Studying the suicide in the Byzantine Empire is difficult due to the limited number of references to it. Their number is greater in the early years of the Empire, mainly because of the persecution of Christians and gradually decreases. The attitude of the Church also gradually hardens, as well as the law.
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2008
Abstract For a modern observer in the Balkans, traces of the region’s prehistory and early history are readily found. Visitors can explore the tells (sites of ancient settlements where successive layers of homes created large artificial hills) of the Bulgarian plains, the Lion Gate at the fortress of Mycenae in Greece, or the magnificent
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Abstract For a modern observer in the Balkans, traces of the region’s prehistory and early history are readily found. Visitors can explore the tells (sites of ancient settlements where successive layers of homes created large artificial hills) of the Bulgarian plains, the Lion Gate at the fortress of Mycenae in Greece, or the magnificent
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2009
Abstract In the context of the other “empires” being discussed in this volume, the Byzantine example is something of an anomaly. First, it was for most of its existence— from the seventh to the fifteenth century C.E.—territorially rather small (restricted largely to the southern Balkans and Asia Minor); second, although historians from ...
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Abstract In the context of the other “empires” being discussed in this volume, the Byzantine example is something of an anomaly. First, it was for most of its existence— from the seventh to the fifteenth century C.E.—territorially rather small (restricted largely to the southern Balkans and Asia Minor); second, although historians from ...
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Armenians in the Byzantine Empire
2023Armenians in the Byzantine Empire is a new study exploring the relationship between the Armenians and Byzantines from the ninth through eleventh centuries. Utilising primary sources from multiple traditions, the evidence is clear that until the eleventh century Armenian migrants were able to fully assimilate into the Empire, in time recognized fully as
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Monasticism in the Byzantine Empire
2020AbstractModern scholars are in a good position to write broad, engaging, and coherent accounts of Byzantine monasticism, ones that explain its vital role in politics and society, its remarkable resiliency in response to historical change, and its lasting contribution to values and culture.
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Hagiography in the Byzantine Empire
2023Hagiography is the literary genre represented by the texts written in honor of a saint or a group of saints and unfolding as shorter or longer accounts of their biography, martyrdom, and/or other manifestations of their confession of faith. Derived from the components hagios (saint) and graphe (writing), hagiography is a term coined by European ...
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Leprosy in the Byzantine Empire
2014This chapter focuses on the history of leprosy within the Byzantine Empire. Over the years, Byzantine society debated the social, religious, and medical implications of leprosy, which they usually called “elephantiasis,” or “Elephant Disease.” Moreover, Byzantine ecclesiastical and political leaders managed to create an environment in which victims ...
Timothy S. Miller, John W. Nesbitt
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The Byzantine Empire, 1025–1118
2004In 992 Basil II encouraged their activities by reducing the tolls on their ships paid for passage through the Hellespont to Constantinople. The effect was to favour Constantinople's role as the clearing house of Mediterranean trade. It underlined Constantinople's position as the cross-roads of the medieval world. This brought the Byzantine empire great
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