Ambassadors, artists, theologians
Subtitle: Byzantine relations with the Near East from the ninth to the thirteenth centuries
By: Zachary Chitwood, Johannes Pahlitzsch (eds)
Contributors: Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte
Series: Byzanz zwischen Orient und Okzident, Veroffentlichungen des Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus Mainz -- 12; Byzanz zwischen Orient und Okzident -- 12.
Publisher: Verlag des Römisch-Germanische Zentralmuseums
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Mainz
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9783884673140
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Foreign relations; Diplomatic relations
Other titles: Byzantine relations with the Near East from the ninth to the thirteenth centuries; Monks, Merchants and Artists in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Description: "The contributors in the edited volume "Ambassadors, Artists, Theologians: Byzantine Relations with the Near East from the Ninth to the Thirteenth Centuries" examine the complex dynamics which arose between the Byzantine Empire and the Near East. Moving beyond the tradition of histoire événementielle, the contributions collected here highlight the passing of artistic practices, ideas and interlocutors between Byzantium and the Islamicate world. In this way, this volume seeks to nuance and contextualize our understanding of the relationship between these two medieval cultural spheres."--
Notes: Contributions from the conference "Monks, Merchants and Artists in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Relations of Byzantium to the Arab Near East (9th to 15th c.)", held October 17-18, 2012, at the Leibniz Institute For European History, Mainz, Germany.

Includes bibliographical references.

In English.
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