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Authority in Byzantium
Authority is an important concept in Byzantine culture whose myriad modes of implementation helped maintain the existence of the Byzantine state across so many centuries, binding …
Socrates from Antiquity to the Enlightenment
Socrates, son of Sophroniscus, of Alopece is arguably the most richly and diversely commemorated - and appropriated - of all ancient thinkers. Already in Antiquity, vigorous …
Music, Language and Identity in Greece
The national element in music has been the subject of important studies, yet the scholarly framework has remained restricted almost exclusively to the ?eld of music studies. This …
John II Komnenos, Emperor of Byzantium
The Emperor John II Komnenos (1118–1143) has been overshadowed by both his father Alexios I and his son Manuel I. Written sources have not left us much evidence regarding his …
Byzantine Women
This volume brings together a group of international scholars, who explore many unusual aspects of the world of Byzantine women in the period 800-1200. The specific aim of this …
Greek Medical Literature and its Readers
This volume focuses on the relationship between Greek medical texts and their audience(s), offering insights into how not only the backgrounds and skills of medical authors but …
Byzantium and the Modern Greek Identity
Perhaps because of the fact that modern Greece is, through the Orthodox Church, inextricably linked with the Byzantine heritage, the precise meaning of this heritage, in its …
Greek Eyes on Europe
This is the first complete English translation of a lively travelogue written by Andronikos aka Nikandros Noukios, a Greek from Corfu, who accompanied a diplomatic mission from …
Cyprus from Colonialism to the Present: Visions and Realities
This volume is published in honour of the acclaimed work of Robert Holland, historian of the British Empire and the Mediterranean, and it brings together essays based on the …
When Greeks and Turks Meet
The relationship between the history, culture and peoples of Greece, Turkey and Cyprus is often reduced to an equation which defines one side in opposition to the other.The reality …
Camera Graeca: Photographs, Narratives, Materialities
While written sources on the history of Greece have been studied extensively, no systematic attempt has been made to examine photography as an important cultural and material …
The Battle for Bodies, Hearts and Minds in Postwar Greece
The previously unpublished memoir of social worker Charles Schermerhorn offers new and eye-opening source material pertaining to the epicenter of the early Cold War: northern …