Results 41 to 50 of about 55,196 (226)

John Lydus and the libraries in Constantinople of 6th century CE

open access: yesМатериалы по археологии и истории античного и средневекового Причерноморья, 2021
This work is devoted to the study of the sources of the books of the early Byzantine writer-antiquary of the 1st half of the 6th century, Johannes Lydus.
Sinitsa, M.M. , Buzanakov, Yu.V.
doaj   +1 more source

On the relationship between titles and spaces: A case study on Macedonia under King and Emperor Stefan Dušan (1331–1355) [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2020
The article focuses on historical-geographical aspects of the Serbian medieval Kingdom and Empire and its relation to Byzantium in Macedonia during the 14th century. It is structured in four parts: The first is an introduction to the subject, in
Popović Mihailo St.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Byzantine historians [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This is a review of the thirty five historians who wrote political history at the Byzantine Empire and the beginning of the Ottoman rule on Constantinople.This is a review of the thirty five historians who wrote political history at the Byzantine Empire ...
Martínez Lacy, Ricardo
core  

The Issue of Pre‐Islamic Arabic Christian Poetry Revisited

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Is only very little Arabic Christian poetry extant from pre‐Islamic times? While distancing myself from Louis Cheikho's (1859–1927) view that almost all pre‐Islamic poets were Christians, I contend in this article that some of them indeed were.
Ilkka Lindstedt
wiley   +1 more source

The Ottoman “Interregnum” in 1402–1413: The International Aspect

open access: yesАнтичная древность и средние века, 2018
After the Battle of Ankara (1402) Ottoman state went through the long crisis of interregnum. Suleyman, Musa and Mehmed, sons of the Sultan Bayezid I (1389–1402), started the struggle for the throne.
Nikolai Gennadjevich Pashkin
doaj   +1 more source

Unwanted refugees: Newcomers from the steppes in the Byzantine Balkans (11th – 12th century)

open access: yesArheologia Moldovei, 2022
After a period of safe isolation from the Great Steppe area and its restless inhabitants in the history of Byzantium came a difficult 11th century, when the empire had to face the migration of nomadic peoples (Pechenegs, Uzes).
Aleksander Parón
doaj   +1 more source

The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
wiley   +1 more source

Glass in Late Antiquity in the Near East [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
© 2007 Brill The document attached has been archived with permission from the publisher. An external link to the publisher’s copy is included.This paper seeks to explore some of the possible connections between three late antique strands of glass ...
O'Hea, M.
core   +2 more sources

The Fiery Eyes of a Maenad: Origin Determination of Faceted Garnet Eye Inlays in a Roman Bronze Bust From Southern Tyrol

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1837, the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck, Austria, purchased a Roman bronze statue of a maenad from the 2nd century ce with red garnets as facetted eye inlays found near Brixen, Southern Tyrol. These garnets were investigated using optical microscopy, a portable hand‐held and a stationary micro‐X‐ray fluorescence device, as
H. Albert Gilg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Brunhild: reassessing women in the Fredegar Chronicle

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
Scholarly consideration of women in the seventh‐century Fredegar chronicle has long been dominated by the author’s hostility towards Brunhild, queen of Austrasia. Statistical analysis of Latin world chronicles before ad 900, however, shows that Fredegar’s representation of women was unusually high within this tradition.
Emily Quigley
wiley   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy