“According to Custom of the Greek Land”: Diplomatic Reception in Byzantium as Described by Ghillebert De Lannoy
Journal: Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Serija 4 Istorija Regionovedenie Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija
Year: 2022

The article studies the features of the late Byzantine diplomatic receptions.The author analyses the account of the Burgundian traveller and diplomat Ghillebert de Lannoy, who described diplomatic receptions at various European courts in details.Method.This study applies the methods of imagology and historical anthropology, allowing to identify the foreigner's stable and emotionally-coloured perceptions of another culture.A comparative approach is used to compare the late Byzantine receiving cer