Violating the Convention: M. Ja. Sjuzjumov’s Participation in the Preparation of the History of Byzantium [PDF]
This article examines the history behind the writing of the three-volume History of Byzantium (1967). In the 1950s and 1960s, the writing of “meta-narratives” meant covering the history of different states from the standpoint of the Marxist ...
Tatiana Victorovna Kushch
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Treatise "De Administrando Imperio" by Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus: Date of the Paris. gr. 2009 Copy, Years of Compiling of the Original Codex, and a Hypothesis about the Number of Authors [PDF]
The article proposes a new version of the history of the famous Byzantine political treatise De Administrando Imperio. The text of this treatise was written after 952 and before November 959 personally by Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus for his ...
Aleksei Shchavelev
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Ingvar the Far-Travelled: between the Byzantium and Caucasus. A Maritime Approach to Discussion [PDF]
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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Climate history of Byzantium at the crossroads
This chapter is meant as a basic introduction to the field of climate history of Byzantium as of AD 2022. After explaining what climate history is, it discusses the source base and the big questions of the field, as well as it outlooks for the ...
Izdebski, A., Adam Izdebski
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Archeo-Inspiration from the Cultural History of Glass: Historic Accounts, Anecdotes and Hard Facts as Challenges to Modern Material Science. [PDF]
Glass, historically valued for its purity and durability, has long inspired artists and societies. This article introduces the concept of “Archeo‐Inspiration”, drawing on cultural and historical contexts of glass to guide future material innovations.
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The mythological and archaeological perspectives on penectomy and orchiectomy: The case of Cybele and Attis. [PDF]
Abstract Castration has been a significant theme in mythology, religious traditions, and historical practices, often symbolizing transformation, sacrifice, and divine punishment. While the term is frequently associated with orchiectomy (removal of the testes), this study argues that penectomy (removal of the penis) must also be considered, particularly
Kaya C.
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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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History of Byzantium (1967): From Concept to Implementation
This article discusses the problem of the implementation in the 1950s–1970s USSR of a large-scale project of collective works covering the history of particular foreign countries.
Tatiana Viktorovna Kushch
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Book review: Shchavelev, A.S. 2020. Chronotope of the Rurikid Polity (911—987). Moscow: Akvilon [PDF]
The Review deals with Concept of Rurikid’s Polity of the 10th c., proposed by Aleksei Shchavelev, Senior Researcher at the Center for Eastern Europe in the Ancient and Medieval World, Department of the History of Byzantium and Eastern Europe, Institute ...
Emanov, A.G.
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XXIVth Congress of Byzantinists, Venice-Padua 2022. Review
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Y. N. Buzykina
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