Przeglądaj Studia Ceranea Vol. 8/2018 według tytułu
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Asparuh and His People on the Lower Danube through the Eyes of Theophanes, or a Story that Was Not Meant to Happen
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)The Bulgarians’ settlement in the Lower Danube area constituted one of the most significant events in the history of the Balkan Peninsula in the Middle Ages. The Danube Bulgaria’s rise and its territorial expansion changed ... -
Athenais-Eudocia – the Augusta of Palestine (remarks on the book: Т.Л. АЛЕКСАНДРОВА, Византийская императрица Афинаида-Евдокия. Жизнь и творчество в контексте эпохи правления императора Феодосия II (401–450) [Byzantine Empress Athenais-Eudocia. Life and Works in the Context of the Reign of Theodosius II (401–450)], Алетейя, Санкт-Петербург 2018, pp. 415 [Новая византийская библиотека. Исследования])
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Berichus and the Evidence for Aspar’s Political Power and Aims in the Last Years of Theodosius II’s Reign
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)The article examines Priscus’s account of the conflict that emerged between the leader of the Roman embassy, Maximinus, and the Hunnic envoy, Berichus. The barbarian got offended by the remarks concerning the lack of ... -
Byzantine Rank Hierarchy in the 9th–11th Centuries
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)The aim of the article is to present the Byzantine secular rank hierarchy of the 9th–11th centuries. During the above-mentioned period of time Byzantium knew not one but several distinct, relatively independent official ... -
The Byzantine-Poetic Path of the Works of St. Maximus the Greek (Mikhail Trivolis, *Arta, ca. 1470 – St. Maximus the Greek, †Moscow, 1556)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)Maximus the Greek has been frequently misunderstood because of his individual use of the Slavic language. Born as Mikhail Trivolis in the Greek town of Arta, he received his humanist education in North Italy, particularly ... -
Catechumens in the East in the Light of Pseudo-epigraphic Normative Church Sources from the 4th Century
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)The article discusses the requirements that 4th-century catechumens in the East were expected to meet. Accordingly, the pseudo-epigraphic Church regulations found in the Canons of Hippolitus and in the Apostolic Constitutions ... -
Characteristics of Roman Female Deities
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)Ancient Romans’ sacral community established a cohesive and complex religious system. Its reflection was a multi-figural pantheon of gods with a variety of sacral functions that were supposed to meet the most essential ... -
Circe and Rome. The Origin of the Legend
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)Circe is associated first of all with the episode narrated in the 10th book of the Odyssey, in which she turns Odysseus’s crewmen into pigs using her herbal pharmaka. Odysseus survives due to divine help, his inborn ... -
The Economic Condition of the Bishopric of Gaza (Palestine) during the Rule of Bishop Porphyry (circa 395–420)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)The study attempts to determine the economic condition of a small provincial bishopric, namely the church of Gaza (Palestine) during the rule of bishop Porphyry (circa 395–420 AD). All of the information on the subject ... -
Electronic Diachronic Corpus and Dictionaries of Old Bulgarian
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)The electronic system histdict is designed as a tool for research, adequate presentation and popularization of a part of Bulgaria’s cultural and historical heritage: the Bulgarian language and its medieval literature. The ... -
The First Woman Yamī, Her Origin and Her Status in Indo-Iranian Mythology: Demigoddess or Half-human? (Evidence from R̥gveda 10.10, Iranian Parallels and Greek Relatives)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)This paper focuses on the mythology of Yamī and her twin-brother Yama (the first humans according to Indo-Iranian mythology), their non-human origin and some aspects of Yamī’s behaviour which presumably betray a number of ... -
From Paganism to Christianity. General Remarks on the Religious Changes in Petra (1st–6th Cent. AD)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)The aim of this paper is to shed some light on the period of Petra’s passage from paganism to Christianity, which saw the deterioration of pagan beliefs and the struggle for survival between paganism and Christianity. The ... -
Indo-European Roots of the Helen of Troy
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)As a part of the series on female deities and demons in the Indo-European culture, the article begins by establishing Helen’s divine character in the Greek tradition and religion. The first area where the Indo-European ... -
Małgorzata Skowronek, Średniowieczne opowieści biblijne. Paleja historyczna w tradycji bizantyńsko-słowiańskiej [Medieval Biblical Stories. Palaea Historica in the Byzantine-Slavic Tradition], Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2017 [= Series Ceranea, 4], pp. 396.
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On the Possibilities of Researching the Marriage Policies of the Rurikids: The Case of Mstislav Fyodor Vladimirovich Monomakhovich
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)The main goal of the article is to present the possibilities and methods of research on the Rurikid’s matrimonial policy in the Middle Ages on the example of a selected group of princes. As the subject of studies were ... -
Prolegomena to the Christian Images Not Made by Human Hands
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)Images not made by human hands (acheiropoietai, Gr. ἀχειροποίηταιι) played a significant role in Byzantine spiritual culture and history. This paper discusses the emergence and rise of the acheiropoietai, which represented ...