Books
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A. Stamoulis, 2008
The book attempts to study the life and action of the Byzantine princess Theophano, niece of the ... more The book attempts to study the life and action of the Byzantine princess Theophano, niece of the emperor Ioannis Tzimiskis, who in 972 went to Italy to marry the heir to the German imperial throne, Otto II, whom he succeeded on the throne in 983, as guardian of their underage son, Otto III. The political correlations that led to the marriage are also examined, along with the political reality in which Theophano acted both at the side of her husband and later as his successor to the imperial throne. As we follow her life year after year, the image of medieval 10th century Germany is projected.
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A. Livanis, 2006
The aim of the book was to examine the diplomatic marriages during the long period from the middl... more The aim of the book was to examine the diplomatic marriages during the long period from the middle of the 6th century to 1204.
Its object was the dynastic connections between Byzantine emperors, their children or other relatives of the imperial family with members of the families of other imperial, royal, county, duke houses, who, during the period of either negotiating for a dynastic connection, or the engagement or marriage, were in power.
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Papers
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Byzantina Symmeikta, vol. 31 , 2021
The article explores the relation between nomoi and canons in Byzantium, as well as the attitude ... more The article explores the relation between nomoi and canons in Byzantium, as well as the attitude of the byzantine emperor about both the canons and the church, as well as about the nomoi. The limits of the legislative power of the emperor are highlighted on the occasion of the dispute that occupied Byzantium for about fifteen years (1081-1095) as a result of the confiscation of the holy vessels by Alexios I Komnenos, in order to finance mercenary troops after the occupation of Durres by the Normans in Oktober of 1081. The equation of nomoi and canons by the Novel 131 of Justinian in 545, as well as the ambiguous attitude of 12th century jurists about the relation of nomoi and canons, as a result of the close relation of Church and State in Byzantium, are reflected in the use of the terms “nomos” and “canon” as equivalent in the Alexias by Anna Komnene, who records the dispute. On the other hand, a fiction of law is constructed by Anna Komnene, in order to cover up the violation by Alexios I Komnenos even of the strict conditions set by the Novel 120 of Justinian for the confiscation of holy vessels. Rhetoric is highlighted as the powerful tool of imperial power in its struggle to consolidate itself.
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ΠΑΡΕΛΘΟΝΤΟΣ ΚΑΤΟΠΤΡΙΣΜΟΙ. Κείμενα προς τιμήν του Καθηγητή Γεώργιου Παπαγεωργίου. ΛΑΜΠΡΟΣ ΦΛΙΤΟΥΡΗΣ- ΑΓΓΕΛΙΚΗ ΜΑΡΟΥ (επιμ.), εκδ. ΗΡΟΔΟΤΟΣ, Αθήνα , 2020
Both in the Chronographia, and especially in the "De omnifaria doctriina", dedicated to Michael ... more Both in the Chronographia, and especially in the "De omnifaria doctriina", dedicated to Michael VII Doukas, Psellos sets out his views on the relationship between the Divine and the human will, the nature of the latter, but also the role of Divine Providence in human life. As he mentions, nothing in human life is predetermined, nor imposed by necessity, with the results always depending on the actions that preceded them. The aim of the article is to highlight this position as a structural element of the depiction of the action of Basil II and his descendants by Psellos in the Chronographia.
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Δωδώνη, τόμος ΜΓ'-ΜΔ', 2017
Τhe article aims at demonstrating that Michael Psellos, a politician, an eyewitness and one of th... more Τhe article aims at demonstrating that Michael Psellos, a politician, an eyewitness and one of the leading figures in the Byzantine court that saw great evolutions throughout the crucial 11th century, teaches his readers the basics of good governance, as dictated by the gravity of the situation in the empire. He also states the human choices that led eventually to the loss of the Roman power in the second half of the 11th century in an attempt to draw moral conclusions. The personalities of the emperors, their strengths and weaknesses, their initiatives or omissions, were the factors that, according to Psellos, wound the thread of the history-an ever-evolving situation.
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AUREUS. Τόμος αφιερωμένος στον Καθηγητή Ευάγγελο Κ. Χρυσό, Τ. Κόλιας, Κ. Πιτσάκης, Κ. Συνέλλη (επιμ.) [ΕΙΕ/ΙΙΕ], Αθήνα , 2014, σσ. 637-662, 2014
The article examines the use of the translatio imperii by the claimants of Roman imperial power i... more The article examines the use of the translatio imperii by the claimants of Roman imperial power in Byzantium and the West, in relation to the Investiture Controversy, while highlighting the role of the papal church and its dynamics in the context of the problem of the Two Empires (Zweikaiserproblem).
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Βυζαντινά 29 , 2009
The article explores the context of the degradation of the Byzantine imperial institution in the ... more The article explores the context of the degradation of the Byzantine imperial institution in the 9th century both within the empire by patriarch Photius and in the West, from ecclesiastical and secular authority. Τhe relations of Photius with circles of the Western court and the effects of papal ideology on the positions he expressed for the relations between church and state in the Eisagoge in the second half of the 9th century are also highlighted.
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Peri Istorias 5, 2006
The article examines the use of the name of Constantine the Great and his myth in Byzantium and t... more The article examines the use of the name of Constantine the Great and his myth in Byzantium and the West in the 10th century, both by the imperial and papal authority, as well as the objectives of this practice.
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Symposia, Conferences, Workshops
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by Paschalis Androudis, Maria-Mirka Palioura, Mustafa Çağhan Keskin, Eleni Faka, Petra Lučeničová, Michael Festas, Sverrir Jakobsson, Eleftheria Konstantinidou, Maria Kostaridou, Ioanna Koukouni, Tea Susanj Protic, Eleni Tounta, Angeliki Tzavara, Maria Xenariou, Athina Zoupanti, Oleg G . Ulyanov (Олег Германович Ульянов), Ibrahim Canbulat, Philip Rance, ANGELIKI PANAGOPOULOU, Jean-David Richaud-Mammeri, Georgia Graikou, and Irini Solomonidi Stephanos Yerasimos (Istanbul 1942- Paris 2005) was a pioneering scholar of Byzantine and Ottoman... more Stephanos Yerasimos (Istanbul 1942- Paris 2005) was a pioneering scholar of Byzantine and Ottoman Studies. His monumental monograph: Les voyageurs dans l’Empire Ottoman (XIVe-XVIe siècles). Bibliographie, itinéraires et inventaire des lieux habités (Ankara 1991), is a pioneering study on travelers to the Ottoman Empire and still one of the most important in the field.
Nowadays, more than 30 years after the publication of his book it is worthly to revisit and widen its topic in time, with the organization of an international conference on Travelers in the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires (12th-16th c.) dedicated to his work and loving memory. The Conference will be hybrid (in Venice and virtually via zoom), from 15 to 17 December 2023.
The proposed scholarly meeting seeks to illuminate not only the topic of Travelers and their writings, but also to offer an interdisciplinary forum for a selection of papers that may touch upon some of the following aspects:
Travelers to Byzantium
Travelers to Greece and Asia Minor
Travelers to Constantinople
Travelers to Cyprus
Travelers to Istanbul
Travelers in the Balkans
Travelers in Anatolia
Arab travelers to Byzantium
Western Travelers to Byzantium
Jewish Travelers to Byzantium
Russian travelers to Byzantium
Byzantine travelers to the East
Byzantine travelers to the West
Silk routes travelers
Ibn Battutta
Western travelers to the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman travelers in the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman travelers to the West
Monuments through travelers’ chronicles
Objects of minor arts through travelers’ chronicles
Merchants and their travels
Ambassadors and travels
Travels and ports
Travels and accommodation (inns, hans)
Travels by sea
Isolarii
Maps and mapmaking
Portolans
Languages of Conference: English, French, Italian, Greek.
The Proceedings of the Conference will be published by the Hellenic Institute of Venice.
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E-CONFERENCE, 2024
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Its object was the dynastic connections between Byzantine emperors, their children or other relatives of the imperial family with members of the families of other imperial, royal, county, duke houses, who, during the period of either negotiating for a dynastic connection, or the engagement or marriage, were in power.
Nowadays, more than 30 years after the publication of his book it is worthly to revisit and widen its topic in time, with the organization of an international conference on Travelers in the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires (12th-16th c.) dedicated to his work and loving memory. The Conference will be hybrid (in Venice and virtually via zoom), from 15 to 17 December 2023.
The proposed scholarly meeting seeks to illuminate not only the topic of Travelers and their writings, but also to offer an interdisciplinary forum for a selection of papers that may touch upon some of the following aspects:
Travelers to Byzantium
Travelers to Greece and Asia Minor
Travelers to Constantinople
Travelers to Cyprus
Travelers to Istanbul
Travelers in the Balkans
Travelers in Anatolia
Arab travelers to Byzantium
Western Travelers to Byzantium
Jewish Travelers to Byzantium
Russian travelers to Byzantium
Byzantine travelers to the East
Byzantine travelers to the West
Silk routes travelers
Ibn Battutta
Western travelers to the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman travelers in the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman travelers to the West
Monuments through travelers’ chronicles
Objects of minor arts through travelers’ chronicles
Merchants and their travels
Ambassadors and travels
Travels and ports
Travels and accommodation (inns, hans)
Travels by sea
Isolarii
Maps and mapmaking
Portolans
Languages of Conference: English, French, Italian, Greek.
The Proceedings of the Conference will be published by the Hellenic Institute of Venice.
Its object was the dynastic connections between Byzantine emperors, their children or other relatives of the imperial family with members of the families of other imperial, royal, county, duke houses, who, during the period of either negotiating for a dynastic connection, or the engagement or marriage, were in power.
Nowadays, more than 30 years after the publication of his book it is worthly to revisit and widen its topic in time, with the organization of an international conference on Travelers in the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires (12th-16th c.) dedicated to his work and loving memory. The Conference will be hybrid (in Venice and virtually via zoom), from 15 to 17 December 2023.
The proposed scholarly meeting seeks to illuminate not only the topic of Travelers and their writings, but also to offer an interdisciplinary forum for a selection of papers that may touch upon some of the following aspects:
Travelers to Byzantium
Travelers to Greece and Asia Minor
Travelers to Constantinople
Travelers to Cyprus
Travelers to Istanbul
Travelers in the Balkans
Travelers in Anatolia
Arab travelers to Byzantium
Western Travelers to Byzantium
Jewish Travelers to Byzantium
Russian travelers to Byzantium
Byzantine travelers to the East
Byzantine travelers to the West
Silk routes travelers
Ibn Battutta
Western travelers to the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman travelers in the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman travelers to the West
Monuments through travelers’ chronicles
Objects of minor arts through travelers’ chronicles
Merchants and their travels
Ambassadors and travels
Travels and ports
Travels and accommodation (inns, hans)
Travels by sea
Isolarii
Maps and mapmaking
Portolans
Languages of Conference: English, French, Italian, Greek.
The Proceedings of the Conference will be published by the Hellenic Institute of Venice.