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La diplomatie byzantine, de l'Empire romain aux confins de l'Europe (Ve-XVe s.)
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ISBN: 9004433384 9004431802 9789004431805 9789004433380 Year: 2020 Publisher: Leiden Boston

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In La Diplomatie byzantine, de l’Empire romain aux confins de l’Europe (Ve-XVe s.), twelve studies explore from novel angles the complex history of Byzantine diplomacy. After an Introduction, the volume turns to the period of late antiquity and the new challenges the Eastern Roman Empire had to contend with. It then examines middle-Byzantine diplomacy through chapters looking at relations with Arabs, Rus’ and Bulgarians, before focusing on various aspects of the official contacts with Western Europe at the end of the Middle Ages. A thematic section investigates the changes to and continuities of diplomacy throughout the period, in particular by considering Byzantine alertness to external political developments, strategic use of dynastic marriages, and the role of women as diplomatic actors. Contributors are are Jean-Pierre Arrignon, Audrey Becker, Mickaël Bourbeau, Nicolas Drocourt, Christian Gastgeber, Nike Koutrakou, Élisabeth Malamut, Ekaterina Nechaeva, Brendan Osswald, Nebojša Porčić, Jonathan Shepard, and Jakub Sypiański.


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Languages of love and hate : conflict, communication, and identity in the medieval Mediterranean
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ISBN: 9782503520643 9782503540139 2503520642 Year: 2012 Volume: 15 Publisher: Turnhout: Brepols,

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This book probes the nature of the clash of cultures as a process of identification and classification of the unknown. 'There is no world of thought that is not a world of language and one sees of the world only what is provided for by language' (Walter Benjamin, 1936). In the medieval Mediterranean, cultural groups were frequently labelled, fixed, and identified by language, and these linguistic groupings were consistently in states of conflict and/or exchange. This collection explores various expressions of cultural clash and exchange, and examines some of the ways in which language was used to express difference, to mark out cultural difference, and to further label those cultures--often as alien and inferior, but sometimes as different and worthy of respect. This theme unites scholars coming from a range of perspectives and engaging with a whole series of cultural interchanges and conflicts. It brings together work on a wide range of peoples--Latins, Byzantines, Muslims, and Jews--commenting on and writing about each other, as well as a wide variety of different genres, from theology to farce. This volume seeks to offer a broad and wide-ranging approach to understanding the world at the time of the crusades through the words of participants and observers.

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Comparative literature --- Thematology --- anno 500-1499 --- Langage et culture --- Littérature médiévale --- Conflit culturel --- Congrès. --- Histoire et critique --- Intercultural communication --- Language and culture --- Culture conflict --- Literature, Medieval --- Culture conflict in literature --- Crusades in literature --- Christianity and other religions --- Islam --- Judaism --- History --- History and criticism --- Congresses --- Relations --- Christianity --- Byzantine Empire --- Foreign relations --- Beschavingsconflict in de literatuur --- Conflit de civilisations dans la littérature --- Croisades dans la littérature --- Cultuurconflict in de literatuur --- Kruistochten in de literatuur --- Culture conflict in literature. --- Crusades in literature. --- Communication interculturelle --- Littérature médiévale --- Conflit culturel dans la littérature --- Croisades dans la littérature --- Christianisme --- Judaïsme --- History and criticism. --- Christianity. --- Histoire --- histoire --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- Empire byzantin --- Relations extérieures --- Mediterranean region --- To 1500 --- Literature [Medieval ] --- 1081-1453 --- Congrès --- Intercultural communication - Mediterranean Region - History - To 1500 - Congresses --- Language and culture - Mediterranean Region - History - To 1500 - Congresses --- Culture conflict - Mediterranean Region - History - To 1500 - Congresses --- Literature, Medieval - History and criticism - Congresses --- Culture conflict in literature - Congresses --- Crusades in literature - Congresses --- Christianity and other religions - Mediterranean Region - History - To 1500 - Congresses --- Islam - Relations - Christianity - Congresses --- Judaism - Relations - Christianity - Congresses --- Byzantine Empire - Foreign relations - 1081-1453 - Congresses --- Cross-cultural communication --- Communication --- Culture --- Cross-cultural orientation --- Cultural competence --- Multilingual communication --- Technical assistance --- Anthropological aspects

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