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The author justifies the need to return to an analysis of the meaning of such words as “philosophy” and “philosopher” in the Kyivan Rus’ written sources of the 11th–14th centuries.
Oleksandr Kyrychok
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The Chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor is one of the few Byzantine historiographical works in which so much space is devoted to the Islamic world and the first ruling caliphate.
Błażej Cecota
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Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De administrando imperio and the Byzantine historiography of the mid-10th century [PDF]
The paper is dedicated to certain aspects of the treatise De administrando imperio, composed at the court of Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus in 948-952. It first examines the diplomatic basis of the information collected in the treatise,
Komatina Predrag
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Tărnovgrad Viewed by the Others: the Case of Niketas Choniates
The text is devoted to the analysis of the portrayal of Tărnovo, the new capital of the restored near the end of the twelfth century Bulgarian state, in the historical work and speeches by Niketas Choniates, a Byzantine historian, official and ...
Kirił Marinow
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The paper is devoted to a detailed analysis of direct and indirect references to Tărnovo, the capital of the so-called Second Bulgarian Tsardom (12th–14th centuries) in Roman history of Nikephoros Gregoras, an outstanding Byzantine scholar of the first ...
Kirił Marinow
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The Jewish Theme in Theophanes the Confessor’s Testimony on the Prophet Muḥammad
Theophanes’ account regarding the rise of Islam and the history of the Prophet Muḥammad appears to be the most detailed and precise one that can be found in Byzantine historiography.
Błażej Cecota
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Citazioni nel proemio dell'"Alessiade" di Anna Comnena: tra ideologia e metodologia storiografica [PDF]
In her prologue to the Alexiad, Anna Comnena opts both for explicit quotations from ancient tragedy and quotations which are not stressed by ancient and late ancient historiographers.
Lia Raffaella Cresci
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On the nature of civilization in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The article by the medievalist historian presents a critical review of the reports on the nature of civilization in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in Polish, Russian, German, and Lithuanian historiography based on the definition of civilization by
Alfredas Bumblauskas
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Saltovo-Mayaki Provincial Byzantine Culture of the Crimea
Introduction. The material culture of Byzantium throughout the entire period of existence of the empire consisted of a number of the provincial Byzantine cultures. This is also true for material cultures of border territories of Byzantium which could not
Vadim V. Maiko
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An Investigation on an Early Byzantine Higher School in Russian Historiography
This article deals with the main approaches and achievements in the russian studies of late antiquity in-between period from antiquity to the middle ages. The current literature has an attempt to highlight the activities of leading scientists and their works as well as the activities of various regional schools on studying the higher schools of the ...
Bolgov, N. N. +4 more
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