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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"Constantinople"”.
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The Straits and Constantinople, 1914-1923
<p>From 330 to 1453 A.D., Constantinople became first the strategic position on the land route from the west to the east and then the important trading center of the eastern Empire. During this period the Italian cities had to cope with the "Question of the Straits" among themselves. For them, it …
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The Monastery Tou Libos: Architecture, Sculpture, and Liturgical Planning in Middle and Late Byzantine Constantinople
… important imperial foundations to survive in Constantinople. The earlier church, dedicated to Theotokos Panachrantos, was erected in the early tenth century by Constantine Lips, a high military official of the imperial army. At the end of the thirteenth century, a second church, dedicated to …
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The beats of the pen: social contexts of reading and writing poetry in 11th-century Constantinople
This thesis investigates the production and reception of Byzantine poetry as social and cultural practices in a contemporary context. The texts under view are poems composed in the period from 1028 to 1081, predominantly by the three poets Christopher Mitylenaios, John Mauropous and Michael …
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The Conflict over the Patriarchate of Constantinople under Eutychios and John Scholastikos (552-582) and its Impact on Imperial Religious Policy
… unknown and understudied patriarchs of Constantinople in the second half of the sixth century. It analyses the challenges faced by the patriarchs Eutychios (552-565; 577-582) and John Scholastikos (565-577) and examines how these challenges influenced the religious policy of the emperors …
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An edition and study of "Nikulás saga leikara"
… with magic and try to win Princess Dorma of Constantinople as a bride. Svívari makes a secret betrothal with Dorma, contrary to her father's wishes. Nikulás then travels to Constantinople where he poses as a merchant in order to insinuate himself into the Byzantine court. Nikulás meets with …
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The Development and Theological Importance of the Heresy of Macedonianism
… after its alleged leader, Macedonius, bishop of Constantinople from 342 to 360, at which date he was deposed, Macedonianism was recognized as a separate heresy only in the Latter part of the fourth century. Prior to that time, Macedonianism appeared under many different names, such as the …
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Aristocratic and Imperial Patronage of the Decorative Arts in Rome and Constantinople, a.d. 337-395: The Role of Sculpture, Painting, Mosaics, and The Minor Arts in Fourth-Century Society
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Senatvi avctoritatem pristinam reddidisti : the Roman senatorial aristocracy under Constantine and Constantius II
… aristocracy. Secondly, Constantine founded Constantinople, where a second senate emerged, prompting the formation of a new eastern senatorial order. Roman senatorial nobles were among the most powerful individuals of the empire. The expansion of their order, the transformation of senatorial …
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Late Antique Basilicas on Cyprus sources, contexts, histories
… relative isolation to greater engagement with Constantinople. This thesis reverses the paradigm and offers a contextual account of the island’s basilicas in support of the proposition. Located between New Rome and New Jerusalem, fourth-‐century Cyprus occupied a nodal position in the Eastern …
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ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ ΚΑΣΤΑΜΟΝΙΤΗΣ. ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΣΤΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΟΥ ΒΙΟΥ, ΤΟΥ ΕΡΓΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΠΟΧΗΣ ΤΟΥ
… EVIDENCE OF HIS WORK. KASTAMONITES' EDUCATION AT CONSTANTINOPLE IS CELEBRATED. AND HE CONTINUALLY THANKS HIS FAMILY FOR HAVING TAKEN SUCH CARE OVER IT. NICETAS CHONIATES COMPARES JOHN'S REPUTATION TO THE BRILLIANT MEN OF HIS AGE. HE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE LITERARY AND SCHOLARLY CIRCLE …
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Byzantium and the Question of Colonial Identity: An Examination of the Immediate Social Impacts of the Fourth Crusade on the Thirteenth Century Byzantine Roman World
This dissertation argues that the conquest of Constantinople and Greece in 1204 by western European knights was a form of colonialism, whereby a colonial enterprise was established in the former lands of the Byzantine Roman Empire by the participants of what modern scholars refer to as the Fourth …
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Η ΠΡΟΣΑΡΤΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΙΑΣ. Η ΠΡΩΤΗ ΦΑΣΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΝΣΩΜΑΤΩΣΗ ΜΙΑΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ΕΠΑΡΧΙΑΣ ΣΤΟ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΚΡΑΤΟΣ (1881-1885)
… IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ARTICLES OF THE TREATY OF CONSTANTINOPLE (MAY 12, 1881). THIS WORK EXAMINES THE PROCEDURES LEADING TO THE INCORPORATION OF THE REGION INTOTHE GREEK STATE REGARDING THE EXECUTION OF THE ARTICLES OF THE TREATY, AND THEMETHODS OF APPLICATION OF GREEK LEGISLATION DURING THE …
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Nikájské císařství - basileus ton Romaion a jeho říše po ztrátě
… concentrates on events following the conquest of Constantinople by the crusader army in 1204 and the response of Byzantine elites to the new political reality. The main attention is paid to Theodore I Laskaris and his actions concerning the emerge of Empire of Nicaea. The Nicene Empire is compared …
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Road work ahead: the transformation of the colonnaded street in sixth and early seventh century Palestine and Arabia
… economy. Additional comparanda from Antioch and Constantinople provide contemporary literary sources.
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ΤΟ ΘΕΑΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΙΠΠΟΔΡΟΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΟΙ ΣΩΜΑΤΙΚΕΣ ΑΣΚΗΣΕΙΣ ΣΤΟ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΟ
… BYZANTINE HIPPODROME IS THE GREAT HIPPODROME OF CONSTANTINOPLE. THE BUILDING WAS DIFFERENT IN STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION FROM THATIN ROME. THE REAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE RACES WAS IN THE HANDS OF THE EMPEROR; WHILE THE DEMOE CONTROLLED THE PRACTICAL PART OF THE GAMES. THE WAY IN WHICH THE …
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The Architecture of The Kariye Camii in Istanbul. (Volumes I and Ii)
… and best preserved monuments of Byzantine Constantinople, as well as a pivotal monument for Byzantine architecture in general. This dissertation offers a monographic study of the building and has three basic objectives: (1) To provide an architectural analysis of the existing monument, the …
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The Byzantine Chant Heritage in Sicily. Dynamics of oral transmission, musical heterogeneity, techniques of safeguarding
… in Italy in the aftermath of the Fall of Constantinople. The repertoire seems to be maintained through a delicate balance between techniques of ‘reception’, ‘safeguarding’, and ‘re-byzantinisation’ that characterise both its present oral chant administration and its historical development, …
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Subcortical Inputs Governing Cortical Network Activity
Sensory information is represented in cortex by cascades of excitation, the patterns of which are constrained and biased by anatomical connections between neurons. Additionally, in the living animal, functional connectivity is dynamically adjusted by internally generated background activity, which …
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ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΑ ΣΤΑΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΙΣΤΙΚΑ ΚΙΝΗΜΑΤΑ ΣΤΑ ΔΩΔΕΚΑΝΗΣΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΗ ΜΙΚΡΑ ΑΣΙΑ 1189-C. 1240 Μ.Χ.
… STATUS INRELATION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE: CONSTANTINOPLE UNTIL 1204 AND NICAEA FROM 1204/5 ONWARDS. ADDITIONAL DETAILED PROSOPOGRAPHICAL-GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ON THE SPECIFIC LATE BYZANTINE "HOUSES", ARISTOCRATIC OR ELSEWISE, WHENCE THE EXAMINED (IN THE THESIS) REBELS …
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