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Introduction. The article discusses information sources of the 10th – 11th centuries about the oil fields in the area of the Bosporus needed to produce the secret offensive weapon of the Byzantine Empire, i.e. the famous “Greek fire”. Methods.
Valeriy E. Naumenko
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The cathedral in Odense, Denmark, has for nine centuries held the relics of the Danish King St Canute the Holy and his brother Benedikt. They were both murdered in the predecessor church at the site in AD 1086, and Canute was sanctified in already in AD ...
Poul Grinder-Hansen +8 more
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Pope Honorius (625–638) – a Pacifist or a Doctrinal Arbiter?
The purpose of this article is to analyze the standpoint of Pope Honorius (625–638) at the early stage of the controversy over operation in Christ. Patriarch Sophronius (633/634–638) expressed his protest against the statement on one operation in Christ ...
Oleksandr Kashchuk
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There is an indisputable fact that in Medieval Armenia, as in most countries of the Middle Ages, the sword was a popular (but expensive) type of weapon. However, what did these “swords” look like?
Raffaele D’Amato, Dmytro Dymydyuk
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Byzantium’s arms and armours were researched by many historians. For that reason, the military history of the medieval Roman Empire enjoyed a dominant position in medieval historiography, with the consequence that very often the military history of small
Dmytro Dymydyuk
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An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Kaare Lund Rasmussen +10 more
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Intellectual life in the Islamic civilization Personal libraries in Andalusia as model
The book is a pot of knowledge, so human has interested in create bookcases or libraries since ancient times to collect human heritage which is represented in the books, this for organize, keep, and to facilitate the benefit of that heritage. The dawn of
Ashraf Mohamed, Israa Mohamed
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Michael Scot and the Four Rainbows
We apply a physical and historical analysis to a passage by the medieval scholar Michael Scot concerning multiple rainbows, a meteorological phenomenon whose existence has only been acknowledged in recent history.
Tony Scott
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Self-portrait in the Middle Ages [PDF]
Self-portrait has always been a complex artistic genre since its appearance until gaining its autonomy, because it reflects the artist’s mental and artistic development level to a great extent.
Ioana Palamar
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Medieval Jewish Community of Maribor
The following article discusses the Jewish presence in medieval Maribor from the 10th century to the expulsion in 1496. The discussion starts with the phenomenon of »Jewish villages« in the area of South-Eastern Alps in the framework of which also the ...
Klemen Jelinčič Boeta
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