Papers from the First and Second Postgraduate Forums in Byzantine Studies

Papers from the First and Second Postgraduate Forums in Byzantine Studies
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 9781443815123
ISBN-13 : 1443815128
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Book Synopsis Papers from the First and Second Postgraduate Forums in Byzantine Studies by : Savvas Neocleous

Download or read book Papers from the First and Second Postgraduate Forums in Byzantine Studies written by Savvas Neocleous and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-02 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sailing to Byzantium brings together ten probing and pertinent critical papers, presented at the First and Second Postgraduate Forums in Byzantine Studies, held at Trinity College Dublin on 17-18 April 2007 and 15-16 May 2008 respectively. These essays engage with various facets of Byzantine history and culture. Many of them seek to shed new light on frequently controversial subject matters relating to history, historiography, and religion (the contentious nature of Jerusalem in Byzantine imperial ideology; medieval Western attitudes and perceptions of the Byzantine Empire; and the translation and use of Greek theologians in the West). Elsewhere, there are papers that tackle aspects of Byzantine literature (Encyclopaedism; the circulation of poetry; and a case study of political rhetoric in Manuel II’s Dialogue with the Empress-Mother on Marriage). Finally, history of art and cult come under the microscope in the last two essays of the volume (the meaning of the eight-century apsidal conch at Santa Maria Antiqua in Rome and the origins of the cult of Saint Martin in Dalmatia). Sailing to Byzantium is a provocative, wide-ranging collection and a must for students and academics who wish to broaden their understanding of one of history’s most fascinating civilizations.


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