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The Expansion of Orthodox Europe - Byzantium, the Balkans and Russia (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Expansion of Orthodox Europe - Byzantium, the Balkans and Russia (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: The Expansion of Latin Europe, 1000-1500
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This volume aims to clarify 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.
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