Dean Sakel epub Byzantine Culture: Papers From The Conference 'Byzantine Days of Istanbul' May 21-23 2010

CONTENTSAcknowledgements xıIntroduction xıııList of Illustrations xxxıTHE NATURE OF THE BYZANTINE WORLDDefining Byzantine Culture 1Diether Roderich Reinsch Freie Universität BerlinByzantium as the New Rome 9Michael Bibikov Russian Academy of SciencesByzantium as Repository of GraecoRoman Culture 17Elizabeth Jeffreys Exeter College OxfordByzantium and the Judaic Tradition 29Nicholas de Lange University of CambridgeByzance et lIslam 37Erich Trapp Université de BonnBYZANTINE LITERARY AND ART CULTURE BY PERIODThe Literature of SixthCentury Byzantium 45Roger Scott University of MelbourneLart à lépoque de Justinien 59JeanMichel Spieser Université de FribourgDarkAge Literature 71John Haldon Princeton UniversityEarly Frescoed Icons a Case of Cultural Divergence between East and West 83Beat Brenk University of BaselProlégomènes à la littérature byzantine du IXe et du Xe siècle 93Paolo Odorico École des Hautes Études en Sciences SocialesLart byzantin aux XeXIe siècles témoin des traditions et des relations 109culturelles au ProcheOrientMarielle MartinianiReber Musée dart et dhistoire de GenèveKomnenian Literature 121Ingela Nilsson Uppsala UniversityKomnenian Art 133Robin Cormack University of CambridgeThe Literature of Palaiologan Byzantium 143Staffan Wahlgren Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyLa peinture paléologue de Constantinople au Royaume des Ombres 149Mauro della Valle Université de MilanBYZANTIUMS INPUT INTO OTHER CULTURAL TRADITIONSLinfluence byzantine sur la Perse sassanide 163Geoffrey Greatrex Université dOttawaByzantium and the Arabs Cultural Contributions and Intercultural Transmission 175Ahmad Shboul University of SydneyByzantine Cultural Influence on the West 187Dion Smythe Queens University BelfastByzantine Culture and the Crusader States 197David Jacoby Hebrew University of JerusalemByzantium and the Slavs 207Sergey Ivanov National Research University Higher School of EconomicsCaucasia and Byzantine Culture 217Stephen H Rapp Jr Sam Houston Sta