The Expansion of Orthodox Europe

This volume aims to clarify some of the context for the expansion of Western Europe by focusing on what had been the greatest power in early medieval Europe, the Byzantine empire, and on the continuing strengths and expansion of the Orthodox world. Byzantine 'orthodoxy' offered a format for faith, hope and fear in various combinations, involving religious beliefs and an idealised world-order. Its multifaceted nature helps explain Byzantium's success - the resilience of the earthly empire and the appeal of its religious organisation and rites to other societies. The volume reprints a set of key studies, combining classic treatments of Byzantine and Slavic history with far-reaching explorations of the extent of those worlds.Part I focuses on the empire in its heyday: some studies illustrate the sense of manifest destiny bolstering the imperial order until - and even beyond - Constantinople's fall to the fourth crusaders in 1204. The spread of the Byzantines' cult enlarged their trading zone northwards across Rus, while Byzantine-based merchants were more active than is generally realised in the Eastern Mediterranean.Part II includes an overview of the 'fragmentation' following 1204. Studies show how Byzantine rites and ideals of rulership were adopted by Serb and Bulgarian dynasts. Particular attention is paid to Rus: although subjugated by the Mongols, Rus churchmen, monks and leading princes all drew on Byzantine religious texts and imagery. From the later fifteenth century Moscow's rulers began to be portrayed as new guardians of religious correctness, even as the World's End supposedly drew nigh. The Introduction contextualises the studies included here, highlighting the significance (and not just in terms of rivalry) of the Byzantine Orthodox world for developments in Western Europe.

ISBN 0754659208   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780754659204 (What's this?)   Pages 588 Publisher Ashgate Publishing Group   Volumes 001 Imprint Ashgate Publishing Limited   Published in Aldershot Format Hardback   Series title Expansion of Latin Europe, 1000-1500 Publication date 21 Dec 2007   Height (mm) 244 Library of Congress DF552   Width (mm) 169 DEWEY 949.504   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate

		Maps
Pt. 1		The Buoyancy of Byzantium Before 1204: Its Manifest Destiny and Many Frontiers
1		God and the 'Family of Princes' Presided Over by the Byzantine Emperor by Andre Grabar		1
2		The Strength of Empire and Capital as Seen Through Byzantine Eyes by Paul J. Alexander		9
3		The History of the Future and its Uses: Prophecy, Policy and Propaganda (with Postscript) by Paul Magdalino		29
4		Emperors and Expansionism: From Rome to Middle Byzantium by Jonathan Shepard		65
5		Isaac II, Saladin and Venice by Paul Magdalino		93
6		Byzantine Trade with Egypt from the mid-Tenth Century to the Fourth Crusade by David Jacoby		107
7		Prayer, Illumination, and Good Times: The Export of Byzantine Wine and Oil to the North of Russia in pre-Mongol Times by Thomas S. Noonan and Roman K. Kovalev		161
8		Wine and Oil for All the Rus'! The Importation of Byzantine Wine and Olive Oil to Kievan Rus' by Thomas S. Noonan and Roman K. Kovalev		185
9		The Many Frontiers of pre-Mongol Rus' by David B. Miller		221
10		Mission Impossible: Ups and Downs in Byzantine Missionary Activity from the Eleventh to the Fifteenth Century by Sergey A. Ivanov		251
11		The 'Second Bulgarian Empire'. Its Origin and History to 1204 by Robert L. Wolff		267
Pt. 2		After the Fall: Shifting Centres of the Orthodox World
12		Fragmentation (1204-1453) (with bibliography) by Stephen W. Reinert		307
13		Some Observations on the Administrative Terminology of the Second Bulgarian Empire (13th-14th centuries) by Ivan Biliarsky		327
14		Tsar Stephen Dusan and Mount Athos by George C. Soulis		349
15		Between Kingdom and Empire: Dusan's State 1346-1355 Reconsidered by Sima M. Cirkovic		365
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		Index		521

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