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2019
This book proposes a long view of Byzantium, one that begins in the early Roman empire and extends all the way to the modern period. It is a provocative thought-experiment which posits Byzantium as the most stable and enduring form of Greco-Roman society, forming a sturdy bridge between antiquity and the early modern period, as well as between East and
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This book proposes a long view of Byzantium, one that begins in the early Roman empire and extends all the way to the modern period. It is a provocative thought-experiment which posits Byzantium as the most stable and enduring form of Greco-Roman society, forming a sturdy bridge between antiquity and the early modern period, as well as between East and
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2006
The revival of the genre of the ancient novel in 12th-century Byzantium brought with it evidence of a continued and sophisticated readership of ancient bucolic/pastoral. This chapter explores the intertextual innovation and sophistication of the 12th-century Byzantine novels' play with classical bucolic/pastoral themes and imagery.
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The revival of the genre of the ancient novel in 12th-century Byzantium brought with it evidence of a continued and sophisticated readership of ancient bucolic/pastoral. This chapter explores the intertextual innovation and sophistication of the 12th-century Byzantine novels' play with classical bucolic/pastoral themes and imagery.
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1999
It was in the words of Byzantine contemporaries a 'cosmic cataclysm'. The Byzantine ruling class was disorientated and uprooted. Michael Autoreianos was duly ordained patriarch at Nicaea on 20 March 1208. His first official act was to crown and anoint Theodore Laskaris emperor on Easter Day.
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It was in the words of Byzantine contemporaries a 'cosmic cataclysm'. The Byzantine ruling class was disorientated and uprooted. Michael Autoreianos was duly ordained patriarch at Nicaea on 20 March 1208. His first official act was to crown and anoint Theodore Laskaris emperor on Easter Day.
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1983
The nearly four centuries of Sasanian rule which separate the accession of Ardashir, which have long been viewed as a period of bitter enmity between the Iranian and Roman empires. Persian mercenaries were to be found in the imperial armies, and the presence of Mazdeans on Byzantine territory is revealed by the clauses guaranteeing their religious ...
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The nearly four centuries of Sasanian rule which separate the accession of Ardashir, which have long been viewed as a period of bitter enmity between the Iranian and Roman empires. Persian mercenaries were to be found in the imperial armies, and the presence of Mazdeans on Byzantine territory is revealed by the clauses guaranteeing their religious ...
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1995
From very early in his life Yeats was fascinated with systems of thought, orderings of ideas. The very sequence of events in his life appeared to some contemporaries as planned by him, and his life and art appear in retrospect as so intermingled that they form parts of a contrived pattern. He admired people who had devised comprehensive systems, people
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From very early in his life Yeats was fascinated with systems of thought, orderings of ideas. The very sequence of events in his life appeared to some contemporaries as planned by him, and his life and art appear in retrospect as so intermingled that they form parts of a contrived pattern. He admired people who had devised comprehensive systems, people
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2016
Contents: Preface Introduction Part I The Authority of the State: Aspects of moral leadership: the imperial city, and lucre from legality, Jonathan Shepard Trial by ordeal in Byzantium: on whose authority?, Ruth Macrides A case study: the use of the nominative on imperial portraits from Antiquity to Byzantium, Sergey Ivanov Response, Susan Reynolds ...
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Contents: Preface Introduction Part I The Authority of the State: Aspects of moral leadership: the imperial city, and lucre from legality, Jonathan Shepard Trial by ordeal in Byzantium: on whose authority?, Ruth Macrides A case study: the use of the nominative on imperial portraits from Antiquity to Byzantium, Sergey Ivanov Response, Susan Reynolds ...
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