Byzantium: Religious and Historical Discussion and Essays

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An exploration of the Byzantine Empire (330-1461), both through historical posts and by means of historically-informed role-play.

Byzantium: Religious and Historical Discussion and Essays
Created by: * Aphrodite Theocritos, 2012-02-05 19:45:35

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Antiquities of Byzantium: Churches, Castles, Palaces, & More (109 posts)

Historical Thread

Abstracts from the "Defensive Architecture in the Peloponnese" Conference (* Aurelian Junius, Feb 5, 2012 - 19:45 )

Aurelian, (* Phoibe Timoleon, Nov 4, 2011 - 22:23 )

Byzantine and Venetian Fortifications in the Peloponnese are at Risk (* Aurelian Junius, Oct 10, 2011 - 20:25 )

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Today in Byzantine, Late Roman, and Medieval History (49 posts)

Historical Thread

The purpose of this thread is to assemble, hopefully on a day-by-day basis, a chronology of key events in Byzantine, Late Roman, and Medieval History generally.

Someone's Done It -- A Chronology of Byzantine History! (* Aurelian Junius, Oct 18, 2010 - 21:24 )

Ionnes II Comnenus (* Ionnes Laskaris Ictinus, Sep 13, 2007 - 19:47 )

Ad decimum! (* Ionnes Laskaris Ictinus, Sep 13, 2007 - 19:36 )

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Byzantine Lives: The Biography Thread (23 posts)

Historical Thread

French Princess, Byzantine Empress: The Remarkable Life of Agnes Capet (c. 1171 - 1220's C.E.): Part II (* Aurelian Junius, Mar 22, 2010 - 21:46 )

French Princess, Byzantine Empress: The Remarkable Life of Agnes Capet (c. 1171 - 1220's C.E.): Part I (* Aurelian Junius, Mar 21, 2010 - 21:56 )

Here's a Link to an interesting piece about Hypatia of Alexandria . . . (* Aurelian Junius, Mar 21, 2010 - 18:44 )

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Byzantine Religion: Christological Controversies, Ecclesiastical Politics, and Religious Fads and Enthusiasms (15 posts)

Historical Thread

This thread is intended to serve as the principal focus for discussions about various aspects of Byzantine Christianity over the full sweep of its history. Use this thread to report on particular religious controversies and disputes, church figures and important ecclesiastical writings, the lives of saints, or aspects of popular religious enthusiasm, such as the amazing pillar saints of the fifth century.

A Superb Find! (* Basileos Nestor, Mar 4, 2007 - 15:46 )

Exceptional Website on "Byzantine Theology" . . . (* Aurelian Junius, Mar 3, 2007 - 22:06 )

A New Volume on Byzantine Christianity (* Aurelian Junius, Jan 28, 2007 - 11:52 )

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Orthodoxy and a divided Christianity (53 posts)

Historical Thread

Tracking the split of Christianity into Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism. What were the issues, and why do they remain unresolved?

reconciliation? (* Androcles Philemon, Oct 30, 2005 - 09:22 )

The Passing of Pope Leo IX (* Aurelian Junius, Apr 14, 2005 - 22:59 )

Cardinal Humbert? (* Caius Cicero, Apr 13, 2005 - 15:03 )

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The Women of Byzantium (20 posts)

Historical Thread

In many ways the women of Byzantium played a more prominent (if not more influential) role in Byzantine culture than in other contemporary cultures. Here is a place for the study of the women of Byzantium and their particular contributions to the empire.

An On-Line Saint's Life of Theodora, Despoena of Epirus (1231-1267) (* Aurelian Junius, May 21, 2005 - 18:34 )

An Extraordinarily Comprehensive Bibliography on Women in Byzantium (* Aurelian Junius, May 21, 2005 - 18:16 )

A New Volume on Women in Byzantium (* Aurelian Junius, May 21, 2005 - 18:11 )

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