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The Title Hierarchy of the Last Komnenoi and the Angelos Dynasty – from Sebastohypertatos to Sebastokrator
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)The system of dignities introduced by Alexios I Komnenos was an answer for the need of a new reformed title hierarchy, adequate for aristocratic model of exercising power. It served as a clear manifestation of the special ... -
Images of the Emperors John II and Manuel I in the Accounts of William, Archbishop of Tyre
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)This article deals with the reception of the image of the Emperors John II and Manuel I of the Komnenos dynasty based on the chronicler’s account by William of Tyre (1130–1186). It shows a positive evolution in the portrayal ... -
The Byzantine Garden. What to Plant in the Garden according to 12th Book of Geoponica by Cassianus Bassus?
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)The main aim of this paper is to analyse the text of the 12th book of Geoponica for the purpose of identification of vegetable plants, which were described by Cassianus Bassus. The analysis will serve as the first step for ... -
Roman Campaigns and Negotiations in the East, 542–545
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)This article seeks to support the earlier dating of campaigns on the Roman eastern frontier in the 540s. It addresses points made in a recent contribution by Michael Whitby, who argued that the traditional chronology, which ... -
Written Languages in Wallachia during the Reign of Neagoe Basarab (1512–1521)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)The reign of Neagoe Basarab (1512–1521) represented one of the cultural peaks of Wallachian history. Using the written sources preserved from this period, we tried to present the written Slavonic varieties and other languages ... -
On the Prehistory of Bogomilism – the Historical and Religious Continuum of the Dualistic Groups in Early Medieval Bulgaria (8th–10th Century)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)The aim of the present article is to shed light on the prehistory of Bogomilism, in particular on the existence of an initial Proto-Bogomilian group from the second half of the 8th century to the first decades of the 10th ... -
Crusading in Livonia and Byzantine Romania Considered in a Comparative Review. Key Issues and Historiographical Notes
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)The article focuses on a topic that so far has not been studied in a comparative approach. The author addresses some basic problems of the comparative research, focusing on the general and the specific causes, the course, ... -
Mental Illnesses in the Middle Ages and their Reflection in the South Slavonic Hagiographic Literature
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)The main points are related to the cultural-anthropological (Michel Foucault) and theological contextualization of diseases (Jean-Claude Larchet) and their treatment in the Middle Ages. Based on the South Slavonic hagiographic ... -
Once Again about the Multifold Slavonic Translations and their Context: “On Prayer” by Evagrius of Pontus (CPG 2452)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)The article examines the history of the Slavic translations of the work On Prayer by Evagrios (Evagrius) of Pontus (CPG 2452). The witnesses are more than 35 – in manuscripts of Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Moldavian-Wallachian ... -
Commonwealth of Interest in the Rus’ian-Byzantine Treaty (ca. 944)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)The preamble to the Rus’ian-Byzantine treaty, which was concluded around 944, contains dozens of anthroponyms – the names of members of the Kyivian elite, their envoys as well as merchants. Several of them can be identified ... -
Observations on the Portrayal of the Ruler in the Novels of Leo VI
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)The legal texts of the Byzantine period contain elements that clearly portray the role and duties of the emperor as ruler of the State. Leo VI the Wise (886–912 AD), famous for his abundant legislative and general legal ... -
Preliminary Notes on the Physician Krateuas (2nd–1st Century BC). A New Collection of his T and F
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)The physician Krateuas lived in the first part of the 1st century BC, worked at the court of Mithridates and wrote a Rhizotomikon (Herbal) of which only a few fragments remain. More than a century ago, Max Wellmann studied ... -
Theoria and Optasia in the Old Church Slavonic Translations of the “Life of St Anthony the Great”
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)The focus of the present paper is the terms θεωρία and ὀπτασία presented in the Greek text of Life of St Anthony the Great by St Athanasius of Alexandria and their translation representation in the Old Church Slavonic ... -
Galen, Body and Soul in Vita Cyrilli XI, 13–20
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)The paper points to a hitherto not recognized quotation from Galen in the Old Church Slavonic Life of S. Cyril of the 9th century (chapter XI, 15) which demonstrates the Galenic maxim “contraria contrariis curentur”. The ... -
Lilingis, the Bastard Half-Brother of Illus
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)The paper is devoted to Lilingis – one of the leaders in the Isaurian uprising against emperor Anastasius I. He was Illus’ half-brother. Illus was an Isaurian who, aside from Zeno, played the most important role in the ... -
Tărnovgrad Viewed by the Others: the Case of Niketas Choniates
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)The text is devoted to the analysis of the portrayal of Tărnovo, the new capital of the restored near the end of the twelfth century Bulgarian state, in the historical work and speeches by Niketas Choniates, a Byzantine ... -
If not Bogomilism than What? The Origins of Catharism in the Light of the Sources
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)Since the end of the twentieth Century the traditional interpretation of Catharism, assuming it’s Eastern roots and dualist character is the object of a harsh criticism, formulated by the deconstructionist scholars. The ... -
The Eulogy of Symeonic Miscellany: the Imperial Patronage of the First Slavic Anthology
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)The essay proposes an interpretation of the eulogy of Symeon’s Miscellany considering not only the cultural context of the First Bulgarian Empire at the beginning of the tenth century, but also the historical situation and ...