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Foreigners in the Empire of Trebizond (the Case of Orientals and Italians)
No full textThis article provides a comparative analysis of the two largest groups of foreigners in the Empire of Trebizond : those from the East (primarily Turks), and Italians. In particular, it contains the etymology of seven Oriental names and prosopographic analysis of the holders that have not previously been discussed in the literature. The article poses the problem of the presence of naturalized Italians and their descendants in rural areas of the Empire of Trebizond. The author concludes that although the number of Italian migrants was considerably smaller than the number of newcomers from Muslim Asia, the Italians had a more prestigious status in the Trapezuntine society.Shukurov Rustam. Foreigners in the Empire of Trebizond (the Case of Orientals and Italians). In: At the Crossroads of Empires : 14th - 15th Century Eastern Anatolia. Proceedings of the International Symposium held in Istanbul, 4th - 6th May 2007. Istanbul : Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes-Georges Dumézil, 2012. pp. 71-84. (Varia Anatolica, 25
Foreigners in the Empire of Trebizond (the Case of Orientals and Italians)
No full textThis article provides a comparative analysis of the two largest groups of foreigners in the Empire of Trebizond : those from the East (primarily Turks), and Italians. In particular, it contains the etymology of seven Oriental names and prosopographic analysis of the holders that have not previously been discussed in the literature. The article poses the problem of the presence of naturalized Italians and their descendants in rural areas of the Empire of Trebizond. The author concludes that although the number of Italian migrants was considerably smaller than the number of newcomers from Muslim Asia, the Italians had a more prestigious status in the Trapezuntine society.Shukurov Rustam. Foreigners in the Empire of Trebizond (the Case of Orientals and Italians). In: At the Crossroads of Empires : 14th - 15th Century Eastern Anatolia. Proceedings of the International Symposium held in Istanbul, 4th - 6th May 2007. Istanbul : Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes-Georges Dumézil, 2012. pp. 71-84. (Varia Anatolica, 25
Byzantine ideas of Persia, 650–1461
Full text linkFunding: The Open Access publication of this volume was financed within the framework of the project ‘Moving Byzantium: Mobility, Microstructures and Personal Agency’, directed by Professor Claudia Rapp (Vienna) and funded by the FWF Austrian Science Fund (Project Z 288 Wittgenstein- Preis).This book offers a comprehensive study into the perceptions of ancient and medieval Iran in the Byzantine empire, exploring the effects of Persian culture upon Byzantine intellectualism, society and culture. Byzantine Ideas of Persia, 650-1461 focusses on the enduring position of ancient Persia in Byzantine cultural memory, encompassing both in the 'religious' and the 'secular' significance. By analysing a wide range of historical sources – from church literature to belles-lettres – this book examines the intricate relationship between ancient Persia and Byzantine cultural memory, as well as the integration and function of Persian motifs in the Byzantine mentality. Additionally, the author uses these sources to analyse thoroughly the knowledge Byzantines had about contemporary Iranian culture, the presence of ethnic Iranians, and the circulation and usage of the Persian language in Byzantium. Finally, this book concludes with an insightful exploration of the importance and influence of Iranian science on Byzantine scholars. This book will appeal to scholars and students in the fields of Byzantine and Iranian History, particularly to those studying the cross-cultural and social influence between the two societies during the Middle Ages
Byzantine appropriation of the orient:Notes on its principles and patterns
No full textByzantium and the Muslim world coexisted for more than eight centuries as rivals and partners. The emergence and subsequent evolution of the Islamic world can hardly be correctly understood without taking account of the Byzantine legacy there, as well as subsequent constant flow of cultural information from Byzantium to the East. Likewise, it is impossible to imagine Byzantine culture after the 630s without the constant presence of the Muslim world on its political, cultural and economic horizons. Moreover, for most of its history, Byzantium stood facing the Persian and Arab East, which retained and increased its high cultural potential, with its back to the poor and barbarised West. It is true that Byzantium adopted relatively little from the Muslim world, especially in comparison with the Byzantine contribution to Islamic cultures. Byzantium contributed more to other cultures than it took from them. Nonetheless, some of the literary, scientific, occult, economic and technological achievements of the Muslim world were transferred to Byzantium, as will be discussed later in this chapter. Therefore we must consider whether we can define these eastern influences upon Byzantine culture as specifically Islamic ones; or, to put the question more provocatively, can we talk of a sort of latent ‘Islamisation of Byzantium’ in the course of Byzantine-Oriental interchange?.</p
Between Peace and Hostility:Trebizond and the Pontic Turkish Periphery in the Fourteenth Century
No full textAlMA:The blood of the grand komnenoi
No full textThe emperor Manuel I Komnenos (1143–80) asked a certain fortune teller, how long the dynasty of Alexios I Komnenos (1081–1118) would reign. The prophetic response was the word αιμα (blood), the first three letters designating the first initials of the Komnenian emperors in the order of succession, namely, Alexios I, John II (1118-43), Manuel I, the last alpha for the name of Manuel's future successor.</p
The oriental margins of the Byzantine World:A prosopographical perspective
No full textThe chronological and geographical limits of the following discussion encompass the eastern outskirts of the Byzantine world from the end of the twelfth century to 1261, with a particular focus on the empire of Trebizond in 1204-1261 and the Seljuk sultanate in Anatolia up to the 1260s. I shall begin with the empire of Trebizond and shall then turn to the territories adjacent to the Byzantine Pontos from the south, namely to Muslim Anatolia. If the affiliation of the empire of Trebizond to the Byzantine world is unlikely to cause any surprise or doubt, the extension of Byzantine civilization through Anatolian Muslim territories requires some special explanation, which will be set out in the proper place.</p
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