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Byzantium: the early centuries

Revista de História, 1989
NORWICH, John Julius. Byzantium. The early centuries.
Jônatas Batista Neto
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Magical Amulets, Magical Thinking, and Semiotics in Early Byzantium [PDF]

Old World: Journal of Ancient Africa and Eurasia, 2021
Abstract The term ‘magic’ is problematic. Magic studies have rapidly developed in recent decades and have suggested various ways of understanding the term, especially regarding objects from the medieval Roman Empire, Byzantium. Two early Byzantine amulets (as case studies) display conventional semiotic structures, which include persuasive analogy ...
Jacquelyn Tuerk-Stonberg
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Persian Immigrants in the Armed Forces of Early Byzantium

Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Serija 4. Istorija. Regionovedenie. Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija, 2021
Introduction. The article is devoted to Persians who served in the Early Byzantine armed forces. Even during the Principate period, alae and cohortes which were originally recruited from Parthians were part of the Roman imperial army. Units from Persian defectors and prisoners were also created from the 4th to the 6th century. Methods.
Andrey D. Nazarov
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Regions of Early Byzantium

Tractus Aevorum, 2020
The Eastern Mediterranean of the Late Antique (Early Byzantine) time is characterized by a rather pronounced increase in regional differences and the revitalization of local cultural and ethno-religious traditions.
Angela Harutyunyan
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Theology and Poetry in Early Byzantium [PDF]

, 2017
Theology and Poetry in Early Byzantium examines the kontakia and thought-world of Romanos the Melodist, the sixth-century hymnographer whose vibrant and engaging compositions had a far-reaching influence in the history of Byzantine liturgy. His compositions bring biblical narratives to life through dialogue, encourage a level of participation ...
Sarah Gador-Whyte
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Byzantium, Rus and Cumans in the early 13th century [PDF]

Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 2018
This paper examines the foreign policy of the Galician-Volhynian prince Roman Mstislavich. Roman became the main military ally of the Byzantine Empire in the early 13th century. Byzantium was going through a severe political crisis caused by the Serbian and the Bulgarian uprisings and by the crushing raids of the Cumans. According to Niketas Choniates,
Alexander V. Maiorov
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Oribasius and Medical Tradition of Early Byzantium

Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Serija 4. Istorija. Regionovedenie. Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija, 2018
Introduction. The purpose of this article is the attraction of attention to the individual and the heritage of Oribasius, the first known physician of the early Byzantine era. Methods. The methodological basis of the work is the conception of Late Antiquity as a continuity.
А М Болгова
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The court of women in early Palaiologan Byzantium (ca.1260-1350) [PDF]

Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 2018
This article serves as a contribution to the discussion of gender segregation at the imperial court of Byzantium. Evidence from the Palaiologan period shows that many of the elements of a women's court, as it was known from earlier centuries, were still present in the last centuries of the empire.
Frouke Schrijver
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Rus’, Byzantium and Western Europe in the late twelfth — early thirteenth centuries [PDF]

Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2016
The paper discusses the little known facts of the history of political relations between Old Rus’, the Byzantine Empire and Western Europe in the time between 1163 and 1253. It analyzes the evidence that the Russian and foreign sources provide concerning the long stay of the Russian prince Mstislav Yurevich in the Holy Land as the governor for the ...
Alexander V. Maiorov
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An Imaginary Byzantium in Early Islam: Byzantium as Viewed through the Sīra Literature

Religions
This article examines the emergence of new representations of Byzantium in early Arabic literature, with a focus on the Sīra, the biography of the Prophet Muḥammad. This historical investigation leads to a dual conclusions that the Arab perception of Byzantium not only forged an “imaginary Byzantium” but also marked the emergence of Arab self ...
Yassine Yahyaoui
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