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  1. Landscapes of power
    selected papers from the XV Oxford University Byzantine Society International Graduate Conference
    Contributor: Lau, Maximilian (Publisher); Franchi, Caterina (Publisher); Di Rodi, Morgan (Publisher); Frankopan, Peter (Publisher)
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Peter Lang, Bern, Switzerland

    This volume contains selected papers from the XV International Graduate Conference, highlighting the latest scholarship from a new generation of Late Antique and Byzantine scholars from around the world. The theme of the conference explored the... more

     

    This volume contains selected papers from the XV International Graduate Conference, highlighting the latest scholarship from a new generation of Late Antique and Byzantine scholars from around the world. The theme of the conference explored the interaction between power and the natural and human environments of Byzantium, an interaction that is an essential part of the empire's legacy. This legacy has come down to us through buildings, literature, history and more, and has proved enduring enough to intrigue and fascinate scholars centuries after the fall of Constantinople. From religion and tr

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Lau, Maximilian (Publisher); Franchi, Caterina (Publisher); Di Rodi, Morgan (Publisher); Frankopan, Peter (Publisher)
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9783035305661; 3035305668; 1306558247; 9781306558242; 3034317514; 9783034317511
    Series: Byzantine and Neohellenic Studies ; Volume 10
    Subjects: Literature, Modern / 19th century / History and criticism / Congresses; Literature, Modern / 20th century / History and criticism / Congresses; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary; Literature, Modern / (OCoLC)fst01000172; Literature / 19th century / History and criticism; Literature / 20th century / History and criticism; Literature
    Scope: 1 online resource (327 pages), illustrations, maps
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    Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface Opening Remarks of the XV Conference; Acknowledgements; Dr Peter Frankopan Introduction; Dr Adrastos Omissi Caput Imperii, Caput Imperatoris; Mariana Bodnaruk Beyond a Landscape of Conflict; Morgan Di Rodi Christ and the City; Thomas J. MacMaster 'Not With a Bang?'; Lorenzo Bondioli Justinian's Legacy; Vedran Bileta The End of Byzantine Histria; Caterina Franchi 'S'affacciò l'Orda, e il mondo le fu pane'; Maria Papadaki Exploring Ecclesiastical Landscapes; AnnaLinden Weller Maintaining the Image of Byzantine Power

    Theofili Kampianaki Vita BasiliiMaximilian C.G. Lau The Power of Poetry; Nicholas Matheou Khoniates' Asia Minor; Katerina Ragkou A Cityscape of Change; Jake Ransohoff All the Tsar's Men; Lorenzo M. Ciolfi John III Vatatzes: History, Myth and Propaganda; Kirsty Stewart Literary Animals in a Human Landscape; Notes on Contributors