Studia Ceranea Vol. 9/2019: Recent submissions
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Emperor Basil II and the Awarding of Byzantine Honorific Titles to Bulgarians in the Course of the Conquest of Bulgaria (976–1018)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)This article examines the question about the policy of honouring members of the Bulgarian imperial family and Bulgarian aristocracy with Byzantine honorific titles pursued by Emperor Basil II Boulgaroktonos (976–1025) in ... -
Double Translations as a Characteristic Feature of the Old Church Slavonic Translation of John Chrysostom’s "Commentaries on Acts"
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The Old Church Slavonic translation of John Chrysostom’s commentaries on Acts of the Apostles (CPG 4426) is attested in 18 ethica and fragments included in the Old Bulgarian collection Zlatostruy from the early 10th-century ... -
The Image of Muhammad in Riccoldo da Monte di Croce’s "Contra legem Sarracenorum"
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)Contra legem Sarracenorum written by the Dominican Riccoldo da Monte di Croce was considered one of the most influential medieval Christian anti-Islamic polemics. The treatise was devoted to criticism of the Quran, which ... -
Who Could ‘the Godless Ishmaelites from the Yathrib Desert’ Be to the Author of the Novgorod First Chronicle? The "Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius" in Medieval South and East Slavic Literatures
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The work of Pseudo-Methodius, whose creation (in the original Syrian version) dates back to ca. 690, enjoyed considerable popularity in Medieval Slavic literatures. It was translated into Church Slavic thrice. In all ... -
The History of the Remains of the Roman Emperor, Julian the Apostate
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)Julian (Flavius Claudius Iulianus), called the Apostate, Roman emperor in the years 361–363, was one of the most intriguing rulers. From antiquity to the present day he invariably aroused great interest, both during his ... -
Dynasticity in the Second Bulgarian Tsardom and its Manifestations in Medieval History Writing
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)Analyzing various medieval Bulgarian hagiographical texts, inscriptions and marginal notes, as well as the Synodicon of the Bulgarian church and other evidence, the author aims to reveal the dynastic concepts of the second ... -
Nations and Minorities in Psellos’ "Chronographia" (976–1078)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The Chronographia of Michael Psellos (1018–1081) reveals a limited interest in nations and minorities within and without the Byzantine Empire. He had access to information about these peoples either indirectly (1018–1042) ... -
The Family Strategy for Purple – Comparing the Methods of Andronikos I and Alexios I Komnenos of Constructing Imperial Power
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)In this paper I would like to concentrate on strategies and methods that were guiding Alexios I and Andronikos I of the Komnenos dynasty during the process of gaining and consolidating their power in the Byzantine Empire. ... -
Reading and Annotating Galen between 1515–1531: on some Latin Galen Editions in the Library of the Carmelites in Cracow
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)Copies of early-printed books have been of interest to to-day’s collectors and researchers not only for their material aspects (names of publishers and places of printing, fonts and composition, number of known copies ... -
Understanding the Use of Byzantine Routes in Central Anatolia (ca. 7TH–9TH Centuries)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)This paper mainly focuses on the impact of the change in the political equilibrium in the East caused by the effects of the Arab invasions on the main communication routes in Byzantine Central Anatolia. Beginning in the ... -
The Relief on the Door of the Msho Arakelots Monastery (1134) as a Source for Studying Arms and Armour of Medieval Armenian Warriors
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)Byzantium’s arms and armours were researched by many historians. For that reason, the military history of the medieval Roman Empire enjoyed a dominant position in medieval historiography, with the consequence that very ... -
Byzantine Themes in Polish High School Liberal Arts Education
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The authors focus how Byzantine motifs are presented in the teaching of humanities subjects. The question of the presence of Byzantine motifs is essentially one about the presence of Byzantine heritage in Polish culture. ... -
Titus Flavius Clemens’ Stance on Wine as Expressed in Paedagogus
; Jagusiak, Krzysztof
; (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)
Titus Flavius Clemens was a philosopher and Christian theologian from the period of the 2nd–3th century. The aim of this paper is to present his view on the subject of wine and his recommendations on wine consumption as ... -
Was Constantine the Great Aware of the Constantinian Shift?
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)In this article, I try to answer the following question: was Constantine himself aware of the revolution that he was carrying out? Did he realise that his actions were going to change the course of the history of the Empire? ... -
Rex or Imperator? Kalojan’s Royal Title in the Correspondence with Innocent III
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)In the correspondence between Innocent III and Kalojan of Bulgaria (1197–1207), the title of the Bulgarian ruler is recorded both as rex and imperator. While the pope consistently employs the title rex, Kalojan refers to ... -
Sergius, the Paulician Leader, in the Account by Peter of Sicily
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)Peter of Sicily, a Byzantine high official from the times of Basil I, intended to warn the Archbishop of Bulgaria against certain heretics, known as the Paulicians, as he learned during his mission to Tefrike about their ... -
Ingvar the Far-Travelled: between the Byzantium and Caucasus. A Maritime Approach to Discussion
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The Journey to the East of the Viking Ingvar the Far-Traveled is one of the events that fit into the history of medieval relations of the Scandinavians with the world of Byzantium. It was a fateful expedition taking place ... -
The Anti-Bogomil Anathemas in the Synodikon of Tsar Boril and in the Discourse of Kosmas the Presbyter against the Bogomils
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)During the last dеcade the history of the Synodikon of the Оrthodoxy in Medieval Bulgaria has been tackled upon from different points of view. The author of this paper provided substantial evidence proving that the Synodikon ... -
Rumanian Slavia as the Frontier of Orthodoxy. The Case of the Slavo-Rumanian Tetraevangelion of Sibiu
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)At least from the 14th to the 17th c. – beyond their Middle Ages until their Early Modern Ages – the Rumanians belonged to the so-called Slavia Orthodoxa. Besides the Orthodox faith, they had in common with the Orthodox ... -
On (Quasi-)Gnostic Strategies for Overcoming Cognitive Dissonance. The Bulgarian Case
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The article poses a research question, important not only in the studies on (neo-)gnosticism, concerning the relationship between the gnostic strategies of interpreting the world (and especially its typical rules of ...