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The Pace di Siena and its Gems
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Volume 56, Issue 11, Page 1254-1278, November 2025.For the first time, the gems of the Pace di Siena, a rare en ronde bosse enamel preserved in Arezzo (Italy), have been analyzed using a transdisciplinary approach. The combination of gemmology and Raman spectroscopy has led to the identification of blue sapphires and pink spinels, contradicting previous historical classifications.
Stefania Martiniello +6 more
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Normans and Other Franks in 11th Century Byzantium: the Careers of the Adventurers before the Rule of Alexius I Comnenus [PDF]
, 2014 The paper examines the Frankish presence in Byzantium during 11th century. It was stressed that the mentioned period was the time of a great influx of westerners to the East.
Wierzbiński, Szymon
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Sites of Contact and Models of Change: Introduction
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 3, Page 391-398, November 2025.This Special Issue of Transactions of the Philological Society grew out of a Symposium held in November 2023 at St John's College, Cambridge, in honour of our friend and colleague, Peter Matthews, who died on 7 April 2023. Both the Symposium and the Special Issue were commissioned by the Council of the Philological Society in his memory.
Sylvia Adamson, Nigel Vincent
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50 Years Anniversary of Sergei Bocharov
Поволжская археология, 2020 The article is dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the Candidate of Historical Sciences Sergei Gennadievich Bocharov, academic secretary of the Institute of Archaeology named after A.Kh. Khalikov of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences.
Yavorskaya Liliya V. +2 more
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The rulership of Pippin I of Aquitaine
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 545-571, November 2025.This article uses the reign of Pippin I of Aquitaine (d. 838) as a case study for the historiographical concept of ‘sub‐rulership’ in Carolingian Francia. It unpicks how Pippin’s status varied over time, arguing that Pippin’s rulership represents well the tension between kingship as an office and as a dynastic status.
Eddie Meehan
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A „Divine Sanction” on the Revolt: The Cult of St. Demetrios of Thessalonike and the Uprising of Peter and Asen (1185–1186) [PDF]
, 2012 The paper examines the role of the cult of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica as a tool of maintaining legitimacy of the anti-Byzantine revolt in Tărnovo, 1185–1186, led by brothers Theodore- Peter and Asen-Belgun, which is viewed in the modern scholarship ...
Dobyčina, Anastasia
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Early Medieval Europe, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 572-589, November 2025.This article traces the presence of enslaved children in early medieval narrative sources, especially hagiographies, and looks into the relationship between their historicity and their literary functions. While topoi such as the ransoming or redemption of slaves are acknowledged, this article argues that despite these motifs, narrative sources offer ...
Danny Grabe
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Remapping the European Cultural Memory: The Case of Julia Kristeva’s \u3cem\u3eMurder in Byzantium\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]
, 2010 This article considers Julia Kristeva’s novel Murder in Byzantium in the context of some of the most pressing ehtical and political dilemmas faced by Europe today, regarding the role of religion and the inclusion of religious references in the ...
Rus, Bianca Laura
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‘CELTIC BRITAIN’ IN PRE‐ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY, RECONSIDERED
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 44, Issue 4, Page 446-461, November 2025.Summary For forty years archaeologists have avoided referring to pre‐Roman Britain and its inhabitants as ‘Celtic’ on the grounds that contemporaries never described them as such. This is incorrect. The second‐century BC astronomer Hipparchus quotes Pytheas (c. 320 BC) as having referred to Britons as ‘Keltoi’.
Patrick Sims‐Williams
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Ingvar the Far-Travelled: between the Byzantium and Caucasus. A Maritime Approach to Discussion
Studia Ceranea, 2019 The Journey to the East of the Viking Ingvar the Far-Traveled is one of the events that fit into the history of medieval relations of the Scandinavians with the world of Byzantium.
Marcin Böhm
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