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This article discusses the notion of Byzantium and Byzantium's potential capacities as a multifaceted borderland, as shaped and perceived in Julia Kristeva's novel Murder in Byzantium.
Helena Bodin
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The Image of Byzantium in the Novel In Front of the Mirror by Veniamin Kaverin
Veniamin Kaverin’s novel In Front of the Mirror, which was published in 1972, is based on the actual correspondence between the Soviet mathematician Pavel Bezsonov and the painter Lidia Nikanorova, which Bezsonov handed over to the writer.
Asia V. Kulakova
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In the Crimea, especially in the Cimmerian Bosporus, a series of items of women's dress, belt buckles and brooches is witnessed, which are rightly considered to be characteristic of the Italian Ostrogoths Suit of the 6th century.
Michel Kazanski
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The Idea of Byzantium in the Construction of the Musical Cultures of the Balkans
In this article, I discuss the persistence of Byzantium as a cultural model in the arts, and in music in particular, in the countries of the Balkans after the fall of Constantinople.
Ivan Moody
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Representation c. 800: Arab Byzantine Carolingian [PDF]
What could or should be visually represented was a contested issue across the medieval Christian and Islamic world around the year 800. This article examines how Islamic, Byzantine, Carolingian and Palestinian Christian attitudes toward representation ...
Brubaker, Leslie
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Observations on the Portrayal of the Ruler in the Novels of Leo VI
The legal texts of the Byzantine period contain elements that clearly portray the role and duties of the emperor as ruler of the State. Leo VI the Wise (886–912 AD), famous for his abundant legislative and general legal work, promulgated numerous general
Grigorios Papagiannis+3 more
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Byzantium Today: Determining the Place of the Gone World
The author of the article considers the perception of Byzantium, the assessment of its role and place in world history by the example of the analysis of historical and cultural studies, fiction and poetry, as well as assesses the contribution of Russian ...
Peter Schreiner
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Naming and Identities of Germanic Immigrants in the Eastern Roman Empire (5th–6th Centuries)
The article studies naming conventions among Germanic immigrants who settled in the Eastern Roman empire during the Migration Period. The author uses information from both narrative and epigraphic sources.
Andrey D. Nazarov
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Calculating the Middle Ages? The Project "Complexities and Networks in the Medieval Mediterranean and Near East" (COMMED) [PDF]
The project "Complexities and networks in the Medieval Mediterranean and Near East" (COMMED) at the Division for Byzantine Research of the Institute for Medieval Research (IMAFO) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences focuses on the adaptation and development of concepts and tools of network theory and complexity sciences for the analysis of societies ...
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Introduction. The article aims to compare two texts concerning byzantine diplomatic practices of the mid 10th century. The first one is described in the 13th chapter of the treatise “De Administrando Imperio”, in which its author Constantine VII ...
Aleksey S. Shchavelev
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