Eastern Christian Books: Byzantine Identity

Eastern Christian Books: Byzantine Identity

Routledge

Byzantium for Dummies?

Sad there’s no #Byzantium for Dummies? So was Bertha of Sulzbach (later Irene) when she was sent from Bavaria to become empress of the #ByzantineEmpire. So she commissioned a poet, John Tzetzes, to write one for her!

📖Read it in ALLEGORIES OF THE ILIAD: https://t.co/oAWnNB4nmk pic.twitter.com/UGBblJhRCD

— Dumbarton Oaks (@DumbartonOaks) August 29, 2021

Byzantium after Byzantium

Nicolae Iorga’s “Byzantium after Byzantium” has had far-reaching implications in the study of post-Byzantine history, art, and culture. Learn more about the origins of this concept from Dr. Ovidiu Olar - https://t.co/8PK83Lce1K #medievaltwitter #mappingEE @mjcbac pic.twitter.com/0zp3Cc9LHJ

— North of Byzantium (@NorthofByzance) August 25, 2021

Diptych Ivory Leaf of the Consul Anastasius

@V_and_Ahttps://t.co/taRvhhn9Nw

— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) August 14, 2021

Italy and the East Roman World in the Medieval Mediterranean

A new book about to hit your favourite bookshop: https://t.co/dyYxb8XDtG pic.twitter.com/Pk6QRZ6LzN

— Charles West (@Pseudo_Isidore) July 18, 2021

St. Theodore of... Canterbury

Theodore, born in 602, was a Greek-speaking monk from a province of the Byzantine Empire.

'The first archbishop the whole English church consented to obey', Theodore left Rome for Canterbury #OnThisDay in 668.https://t.co/VXua6Yp8YY

— History Today (@HistoryToday) May 27, 2021

Panagia Mouchliotissa

Panagia Mouchliotissa (St. Mary of the Mongols) is a Middle Byzantine church significantly altered during the Palaiologan and Ottoman eras.
Its name probably refers to Maria Palaiologina, the “Lady of the Mongols”, who was married the Mongol khan Abaqa.
Photos taken today pic.twitter.com/BcLyvPZOgA

— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) May 25, 2021

Triptych with the Crucifixion

Triptych with the Crucifixion (10th century) at BnFhttps://t.co/Kd5YxcQi3C

— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) May 21, 2021

Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research

Video: "The Byzantine #Anthropocene, the #GreatDivergence, and #GlobalHistory"
Talk for "#Climate and the Roman, Late Antique and Byzantine Worlds" @OxfordByzantine , organised by @peterfrankopan (24 March 2021)https://t.co/5B5A2ftI5t#Byzanzforschung, @imafo_oeaw, @oeaw

— J. Preiser-Kapeller (@Byzanzforscher) March 25, 2021

What a fantastic afternoon! Many thanks to all our speakers and to everyone who joined us 😀 https://t.co/HBM6q7PVJe

— Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research (@OxfordByzantine) March 24, 2021

Eastern Christian Books: Byzantine Religious Law in Southern Italy

Eastern Christian Books: Byzantine Religious Law in Southern Italy

OUP

Middle Byzantine Temples in Athens

Some Middle Byzantine churches in Athens
Hagioi Apostoloi in the Athenian Agora (c. 1000)
Panagia Gorgoepekoos/Little Metropolis (before 1204)
Kapnikarea (c. 11th century)
Hagioi Theodoroi (c. 11th century) pic.twitter.com/Gu8UgK7fpj

— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) March 23, 2021

Byzantium in Paris

Byzantium in Paris, part 2
Photos from last year's visit to the Louvre @MuseeLouvre pic.twitter.com/e42d4tEPPC

— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) February 19, 2021

Some of the Apostolic Churches Might Object to This

"It was in [the Christian Roman Empire] that the rites, beliefs, and political theology of traditional Christianity – for all its later fissures and divisions – were fashioned."

– Professor Andrew Louth FBA explains the field of Byzantine studies: https://t.co/eiNruQim7b

— The British Academy (@BritishAcademy_) February 3, 2021

The Duff Cooper Prize for Judith Herrin

Super news! https://t.co/I5HjxBF1mq

— Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research (@OxfordByzantine) February 1, 2021

Temple of St. John the Forerunner

Hirami Ahmet Pasha Mosque/formerly the Middle Byzantine Church of St. John the Forerunner (Hagios Ioannis Prodromos en to Troullo) pic.twitter.com/f1E6qSFiZr

— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) January 28, 2021

The Genius of Byzantium

The Genius of Byzantium: Reflections on a Forgotten Empire (essay by Marcia Christoff-Kurapovna) https://t.co/7TZgHqMi4L

— ImaginativeConservat (@imaginativecons) January 26, 2021

Icon of St. Michael

Details of Icon with half-length figure of St. Michael
Constantinople, late 10th-first half of 11th century
At the Treasury of San Marco in Venice pic.twitter.com/kcUrag1oRx

— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) January 11, 2021

Monastery of Christ at Chora

There is also a huge collection of Chora photos on Flickr https://t.co/Cw661kXi49

— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) December 5, 2020

Aspects and Approaches of Christmas in Late Antiquity and Early Byzantine Period

The Orthodox Academy of Crete organizes a virtual conference “Aspects and approaches of Christmas in Late Antiquity and Early Byzantine period”#orthodox_times

https://t.co/KfF7n4J111

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) December 5, 2020

The Hippodrome in Constantinople

The base of the Theodosian Obelisk is a fantastic work of Late Antique art pic.twitter.com/AQNjJHhYix

— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) November 28, 2020