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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 West, and which sees the ancient Greek, Roman, and Christian traditions as flowing together. It offers a Byzantium unbound by other cultures and fields of study that would artificially cut it down to size.

Byzantine Empire --- History. --- Civilization. --- HISTORY / Civilization. --- Ancient history. --- Byzantium. --- Constantinople. --- Greco-Roman. --- Mediterranean. --- civilization.

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"This volume examines the Melkite church from the Arab invasion of Syria in 634 until 969. The Melkite Patriarchates were established in Antioch, Jerusalem and Alexandria and, following the Arab campaigns in Syria and Egypt, they all came under the new Muslim state. Over the next decades the Melkite Church underwent a process of gradual marginalization, moving from the privileged position of the state confession to becoming one of the religious minorities of the Caliphate. This transition took place in the context of theological and political interactions with the Byzantine Empire, the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Papacy and, over time, with the reborn Roman Empire in the West. Exploring the various processes within the Melkite church this volume also examines Caliphate - Byzantine interactions, the cultural and religious influences of Constantinople, the synthesis of Greek, Arab and Syriac elements, the process of Arabization of communities, and Melkite relations with distant Rome"--

Christianity and other religions --- Islam. --- Catholic Church. --- Constantinople (Ecumenical patriarchate) --- Catholic Church --- Relations

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Die Landmauer von Konstantinopel gehört zu den bedeutendsten und größten Wehranlagen der Spätantike. Die vorliegende Arbeit behandelt die Baugeschichte und Topographie der Theodosianischen Landmauer und der Blachernen-Mauer (sog. Mauer der XIV. Region, Komnenen-Mauer, Mauerabschnitt zwischen Komnenen-Mauer und Goldenem Horn). Schwerpunkte bilden das theodosianische Baukonzept der Doppelmauer, die Anzahl der theodosianischen Türme, die zeitliche Einordnung des Goldenen Tors und des Rahmenwerks am Vortor, die Baugeschichte der Tore, die Ermittlung der byzantinischen Namen der Tore zwischen dem wiederentdeckten Romanos-Tors und Edirnekapı, die Lokalisierung des Polichnion von Kaiser Ioannes V. Palaiologos (Mermerkule), die Identifizierung weiterer Örtlichkeiten im Bereich der Theodosianischen Mauer (Polyandrion, Myriandrion, Mesoteichion), die Topographie und Baugeschichte der Komnenen-Mauer einschließlich der Identifikation der Tore der Blachernen-Mauer sowie das Problem der letzten Kaiserresidenz von Konstantinopel (Tekfur Sarayı). In weiteren Abschnitten werden das Mauerwerk dokumentiert und untersucht und ein Katalog der Spolien vorgelegt. Zwei Exkurse widmen sich dem spätbyzantinischen Straßensystem von Konstantinopel und zwei Istanbul-Karten von Piri Reis.

City walls --- Fortification --- Fortification, Primitive --- Forts --- Military engineering --- Siege warfare --- Village walls --- Walls --- Architecture. --- Building Technology. --- Constantinople. --- Istanbul.

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Elizabeth Craven née Berkeley, issue de la noblesse anglaise, partit vers l’Orient en 1785. Elle publia l’année suivante sa correspondance de voyage, adressée à Charles-Alexandre, Margrave de Brandebourg-Anspach-Bayreuth, qu’elle épousa par la suite. Cet itinéraire, qui lui permit de découvrir l’Empire ottoman et la Grèce mais aussi l’Europe de l’Est, fut entrepris pour diverses raisons, dont le désir de découvrir l’inconnu : « Je vais aller voir des cours et des gens que peu de femmes ont vus », écrivit-elle de Bologne, le 15 novembre 1785. Le contact avec des civilisations et populations étrangères ne se fit pas toujours sans surprises : les lettres de Lady Craven expriment parfois de l’admiration mais aussi des préjugés et, assez fréquemment, du mépris à l’égard des pays visités. Ces lettres témoignent néanmoins de la très grande indépendance de Lady Craven relativement à son époque, en dépit des dispositions légales et idéologiques qui maintenaient les femmes dans un état de subordination. Ce voyage, et la correspondance qu’il a générée, revêt à cet égard une dimension transgressive politique.

Literature (General) --- Constantinople --- récit de voyages --- Empire Ottoman --- Craven, Elizabeth, --- Europe --- Description and travel --- Ansbach, Elizabeth, --- Anspach, Elizabeth, --- Craven, Elizabeth Berkeley, --- Craven, Elizabeth Craven, --- Craven, --- Elizabeth, --- Kraven,

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The primacy of the bishop of Rome, the pope, as it was finally shaped in the Middle Ages and later defined by Vatican I and II has been one of the thorniest issues in the history of the Western and Eastern Churches. This issue was a primary cause of the division between the two Churches and the events that followed the schism of 1054: the sack of Constantinople by the crusaders in 1204, the appointment by Pope Innocent III of a Latin patriarch of Constantinople, and the establishment of Uniatism as a method and model of union. Always a topic in ecumenical dialogue, the issue of primacy has appeared to be an insurmountable obstacle to the realization of full unity between Roman Catholicism and the Orthodox Christianity. In this timely and comprehensive work, Maximos Vgenopoulos analyzes the response of major Orthodox thinkers to the Catholic understanding of the primary of the pope over the last two centuries, showing the strengths and weaknesses of these positions. Covering a broad range of primary and secondary sources and thinkers, Vgenopoulos approaches the issue of primacy with an open and ecumenical manner that looks forward to a way of resolving this most divisive issue between the two Churches. For the first time here the thought of Greek and Russian Orthodox theologians regarding primacy is brought together systematically and compared to demonstrate the emergence of a coherent view of primacy in accordance with the canonical principles of the Orthodox Church. In looking at crucial Greek-language sources Vgenopoulos makes a unique contribution by providing an account of the debate on primacy within the Greek Orthodox Church. Primacy in the Church from Vatican I to Vatican II is an invaluable resource on the official dialogue taking place between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church today. This important book will be of broad interest to historians, theologians, seminarians, and all those interested in Orthodox-Catholic relations.

Popes --- Episcopacy. --- Primacy. --- Orthodox Eastern Church --- Catholic Church --- Relations --- Catholic Church. --- Orthodox Eastern Church. --- Doctrines. --- sack of Constantinople, schism of 1054, Pope Innocent III, Uniatism, Roman Catholic Church.