Authors:Andrew Louth, Augustine Casiday,
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: byzantine, studies, durham, 23ãƒâ€šã‚–25, march, promotion, publications, university, symposium, orthodoxies, papers, thirty, sixth, spring
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 2006-05
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 0754654966
ISBN-13: 9780754654964

The Byzantine Empire - the Christianized Roman Empire - very soon defined itself in terms of correct theological belief, ’orthodoxy’. The terms of this belief were hammered out, for the most part, by bishops, but doctrinal decisions were made in councils called by the Emperors, many of whom involved themselves directly in the definition of ’orthodoxy’. Iconoclasm was an example of such imperial involvement, as was the final overthrow of iconoclasm. That controversy ensured that questions of Christian art were also seen by Byzantines as implicated in the question of orth

Author: England) Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies 200
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: studies, byzantine, university, college, oxford, march, promotion, publications, exeter, byzantium, fifth, thirty, spring, symposium, rhetoric, papers
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2003-11-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0754634531
ISBN-13: 9780754634539

This text explores the ways in which rhetoric functioned in Byzantine society - as a tool for the effective communication of ideas and ideologies, but at times also a barrier that inhibited the expression of real feelings and everyday realities, and imposed a burden of decoding on outsiders. After an introduction on the practical and textual background to Byzantine rhetoric, the essays are grouped in five sections. The first two deal with the basis of rhetoric in Byzantium and its public uses, principally in imperial and ecclesiastical ceremonial. The next sections look at how rhetoric affects

Author: Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies 1980 (Univer
Publisher: St Vladimirs Seminary Pr
Keywords: saint, byzantine
Number of Pages: 245
Published: 2001-10-05
List price: $18.00
ISBN-10: 0881412023
ISBN-13: 9780881412024

Author: Philip Grierson
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Keywords: byzantine, publications, collection, dumbarton, coinage, oaks
Number of Pages: 76
Published: 1999-01-01
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0884022749
ISBN-13: 9780884022749

Author: John Cotsonis
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Keywords: byzantine, collection, publications, oaks, crosses, figural, processional, dumbarton
Number of Pages: 124
Published: 1995-01-01
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 0884022285
ISBN-13: 9780884022282

Authors:Demetra Papanikola-Bakirtzis, Eunice Maguire, Henry
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Keywords: byzantine, studies, illinois, serres, ceramic, art
Number of Pages: 88
Published: 1992-10-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0252063031
ISBN-13: 9780252063039

Author: Nicolas Oikonomides
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Keywords: byzantine, oaks, titles, dumbarton, studies, sales, dated, lead, collection
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1986-01-01
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0884021505
ISBN-13: 9780884021506
  
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