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Theodore II Lascaris as co-emperor: Reality and misapprehensions in Byzantine historiography [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2013 This article consists of two main parts. The first part quotes, once again, relevant sources for Theodore II Lascaris’ status as co-emperor and discusses some of Theodore II’s activities as co-ruler. The second part deals with the testimonies of
Pavlović Bojana
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The Portrayal of Abbasid Rulers in Chronography of Theophanes the Confessor
Studia Ceranea, 2022 This text supplements another, a paper presented a decade ago on the portrayal of Umayyad rulers in Chronography of Theophanes the Confessor (B. Cecota, Islam, the Arabs and Umayyad Rulers according to Theophanes the Confessor’s Chronography, “Studia ...
Błażej Cecota
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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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Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 114-127, January 2026.ABSTRACT Do national histories affect national identities? Most nations have complex and multiple pasts. Nationalist historians can smooth over discontinuities by either merging them into an unbroken national narrative or by skipping over pasts that do not fit the story.
Peter Gries +2 more
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Regards croisés sur les transferts culturels gréco-roumains : bilan d’un siècle (xxe siècle)
Cahiers Balkaniques, 2014 In this approach I will attempt to sketch, using the work of a vast range of Greek and Romanian intellectuals, the reciprocal interests, thematic resemblances as well as a few important research directions pursued by both sides throughout the 20th ...
Anna Tabaki
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HISTORY AND THEORY AND PHILOLOGY NOW: TOGETHER IN THEORY
History and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 12-29, December 2025.ABSTRACT In English‐speaking academe, philology has virtually disappeared as a defined discipline, although its traditional array of skills and techniques for reading, editing, and interpreting texts are indispensable to fields ranging from biblical studies through every language and literature and are central to historical research. Philology's status
Nancy Partner
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The Role of Postage Stamps in Palestinian National Identity and History
Middle East Policy, Volume 32, Issue 4, Page 85-103, Winter 2025.Abstract This article examines how the Palestinian Authority has used postage stamps as a tool to construct national identity, shape collective memory, and convey political messages during what it hoped would be a transition to statehood. The analysis focuses on three themes of stamps issued between 1994 and 2023: the struggle for independence and ...
Ido Zelkovitz, Yehiel Limor
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The visibility of women in tenth‐century Rome
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 522-544, November 2025.Women played a significant part in tenth‐century Rome, and the documentation makes them visible in a way rarely seen in early medieval sources. First examining the political agency of the foremost among them, women like Marozia and the Theophylact family senatrices, this paper also highlights the socio‐economic, legal and cultural role of many women of
Veronica West‐Harling
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The Origins of Rome from Cassius Dio to the Suda Lexicon: Romulus and the she-wolf
, 2023 Cassius Dio’s Roman history was a landmark for Byzantine historiography. However, due to the fragmentary knowledge of the books devoted to the origins of Rome, it is difficult to assess the historian’s contribution in rewriting the mythical origins of ...
Mongelli, Francesco
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A “Documentary Turn” in the Medieval History of Egypt and Syria?
History Compass, Volume 23, Issue 10-12, October-December 2025.ABSTRACT The field of medieval Middle East history has seen a renewed attention to the use of documentary sources in recent years. These sources have long seen some neglect, and their interpretation has suffered from a stubborn narrative of paucity that has tended to relegate them to the fringe of this history. With the impact of other scholarly trends
Daisy Livingston
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