Six Byzantine Portraits

A collection of biographies, this book tells the story of six outstanding men--four of them acknowledged saints--who lived between the 9th and 16th centuries in East Europe and, by birth, profession, or personal circumstances, belonged simultaneously to the Greek and Slav worlds. From Clement of Ohrid, Theophylact of Ohrid, and Vladimir Monomakh, to Sava Nemanjic, Cyprian, and Maximos the Greek, Obolensky's portraits provide rich insight into the diverse cosmopolitan world of Eastern Europe, the role these men played in the history of the Byzantine cultural commonwealth, and the contribution they made to European history.

History

Obolensky, Dimitri

World

Oxford University Press

This text is a historical account of the political, diplomatic, ecclesiastical, economic and cultural relations between the Byzantine Empire and the peoples of Eastern Europe. It shows that these nations came to share a common cultural tradition.

The Byzantine commonwealth: Eastern Europe, 500-1453 (History of civilisation)

Europe

Weidenfeld and Nicolson

The Byzantine Commonwealth Eastern Europe 500-1453

The Byzantine Commonwealth: Eastern Europe: 500-1453

Sphere Books, London

The Bogomils: A Study in Balkan Neo-Manichaeism traces the development of this little-understood heresy from its Middle Eastern roots. The Bogomils derived elements of their doctrine and practice from the Manichaeans and the Paulicians. By the reign of Alexius Comnenus, Bogomilism was rife within the Bulgarian and Byzantine empire and had taken hold even amongst influential families in Constantinople itself. Though they suffered persecution, decline and ultimate disappearance in their Balkan heartlands, the Bogomils were subsequently an influence upon more celebrated heresies in France and Italy. Dmitri Obolensky's magisterial study of Balkan dualism remains the definitive work on Bogomilism.

Bogomils: A Study in Balkan Neo-Manichaeism

Ams Pr Inc

The essays which comprise this book aim to identify and discuss aspects of the Byzantium heritage, whose principal beneficiaries were the Greeks, the Slavs and, most prominently, Russia. These 12 studies divide into three groups: the first is concerned with general aspects of Slavo-Byzantine relations; the second deals with the specific features of the acculturation process; and the third, which includes among others "Russia's Byzantine Heritage" is concerned with the contacts between Byzantium and medieval Russia.

Byzantium & the Slavs

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr

Byzantium and the Slavs (Collected studies series)

Variorum Reprints

Throughout much of the Middle Ages, Eastern Europe-the Balkans, Russia, Rumania and the land on either side of the Danube--was affected by Byzantine political and cultural influence. From the barbarian invasions to the Middle Ages, this is an illuminating read that demystifies the Balkans.

The Byzantine Commonwealth: Eastern Europe 500-1453

Religion & Spirituality

The Byzantine Commonwealth - Eastern Europe 500 - 1453

Praeger, 1971

Throughout much of the Middle Ages, Eastern Europe-the Balkans, Russia, Rumania and the land on either side of the Danube--was affected by Byzantine political and cultural influence. From the barbarian invasions to the Middle Ages, this is an illuminating read that demystifies the Balkans.

Phoenix: The Byzantine Commonwealth: Eastern Europe 500-1453

Obololensky, Dimitri

Phoenix

Bread of Exile

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Harvill Pr

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