Search results for "Byzantine"

Music and Identity of Albanians in Sicily: Liturgical Byzantine Chant and Devotional Musical Tradition

2004

Father Bartolomeo Di Salvo and his transcription of the Byzantine chants among the Albanians in Sicily

2006

The Byzantine chant is a fundamental element of the cultural identity of the Albanians of Sicily (the Arbëresh). The origin of this musical tradition dates back to the period after the fall of Constantinople (1453), when many exodus of Albanian and Greek populations occurred from Albania and Morea towards Sicily and other southern Italian regions. Since that time the Arbëresh Byzantine chant has been handed down only orally. In the Eparchy of the Arbëresh of Sicily this ancient and traditional musical repertoire is well preserved and accompanies the Liturgies and the Offices (Matins, Vespers, Hours) of the whole liturgical year. In the years 1950-1960 Father Bartolomeo Di Salvo, monk of the…

Izaak I Komnen (1007-1060). Wódz, buntownik, cesarz – w poszukiwaniu jego doktryny wojennej?

2021

Izaak Komnen (1007–1060) był pierwszym przedstawicielem swojej rodziny, który zasiadł na tronie cesarskim w Konstantynopolu. Ten wychowany przez cesarza Bazylego II (976–1025) człowiek podczas niezwykle krótkiego panowania próbował naprawić błędy swoich poprzedników, którzy pod koniec dynastii macedońskiej osłabili kraj Rzymian pod względem militarnym. Nie byłoby to możliwe bez edukacji wojskowej, rozszerzonej poprzez doświadczenie empiryczne, które Izaak nabył podczas lat służby na różnych poziomach armii cesarstwa. Czy jest zatem możliwe nakreślenie doktryny wojennej, która kierowała tym człowiekiem na różnych etapach jego służby wojskowej, a której końcem była imperialna purpura? Monety …

Les Actes privés grecs de l'Archivo Ducal de Medinaceli (Tolède). II. La Vallée du Tuccio (Calabre XIIe-XIIIe siècles)

2011

Secondo volume di una ricerca sulla documentazione greca medievale in Italia meridionale, il libro è lo studio diplomatico, storico e linguistico di un fondo d'archivio proveniente dal monastero greco del San Salvatore di Messina e ora conservato negli archivi del duca di Medinaceli a Toledo. Nell'introduzione si tratta della storia economica sociale e linguistica della Calabria post bizantina, dal regno Normanno fino al primo periodo Aragonese. Seguono l'edizione diplomatica analisi e commento di 53 atti privati, un indice dei nomi e dei luoghi, in greco e in francese, un indice delle parole notevoli in alcuni casi sconosciute ai lessici medievali e moderni. Un cd-rom con la riproduzione d…

Pratique juridique grecque et économie dans la Calabre post-byzantine (XIIe-XIIIe s.)

2014

Fonti recentemente edite conservate nell'Archivio Ducal de Medinaceli consentono di studiare sotto l'aspetto linguistico, sociale ed economico una zona della Calabria meridionale che nel regno normanno-svevo mantenne una popolazione di lingua rito e diritto privato bizantino. Recently published sources preserved in the Archivio Ducal de Medinaceli allow to study a linguistic, social and economic aspect of an area of ​​southern Calabria that in the Norman-Swabian kingdom maintained a population of rite and Byzantine private language. À partir des nouvelles sources, disponibles suite à la publication des actes privés grecs de l’Archivo Ducal de Medinaceli, on étudie ici la société rurale de l…

The Cathedral of Palermo : from survey to historic interpretation

2013

The Cathedral of Palermo was built by the Norman Kings, in the place where a mosque had been erected by the muslim governors of Sicily. The church has many features recalling the norman churches in northern France and in England, whilst some others are due to the contamination of norman, muslim and byzantine culture, that is peculiar of the so-called “arab-norman” architecture of medieval Sicily. In the XVIth century the Cathedral has been enriched by additions that did not affect its medieval features: a portico and a sacristy on the southern front, a sculptural decoration in the main apse. It was at the end of the XVIIIth century that the church underwent huge and extensive transformation…

Dinamiche insediative nel comprensorio di Cignana. Continuità e discontinuità tra l'età imperiale e l'età bizantina

2013

The aim of this paper is to illustrate the development of rural settlement of Roman age, in the hinterland of Cignana (close to Agrigento, Sicily). In this area were identified an Early Roman age villa and a Late Roman/Byzantine village, partially excavated by the Superintendence of Agrigento. Since 2007 the Dep. of Beni Culturali of University of Palermo has carried out an intensive and systematic archaeological survey around Cignana, where about 200 archaeological sites were identified. Many sites (farms, and perhaps also some villa) were inhabited from late Hellenistic to Late Roman/Byzantine ages, and some have become very large villages; also, many settlements are placed along the prin…

Constantine X Doukas (1059–1067) versus Uzes – about the Nomads on Boats on the Danube in 1064

2021

The reign of the Doukas dynasty in 1059–1078 was a time when new threats to the Byzantine Empire emerge in Europe and Asia. One of them was the increased activity of Turkmen who were penetrating the lands belonging to the Byzantines. A manifestation of these threats was visible during the rule of Constantine X Doukas (1059–1067) in 1064. We have there an invasion of the tribe of Uzes, who crossed the Danube. They ventured so far, as the vicinity of Thessalonica and the province of Hellas, plundering everything in their path. Their actions surprised the defense of the Byzantines. This attack on the empire was related to their crossing of the Danube, about which Michael Attaliates and Skylitz…

Esquisse d'un paysage monastique insulaire dans le nord de l'Adriatique : l'archipel du Kvarner (Croatie)

2013

The authors of the article set as their goal the examination of the complex question of early Monasticism (up to the 11th century) in the Kvarner region, reconsidering the old archaeological data, the unpublished ancient results and the results of new archaeological surveys gathered since 2010 through the specific research program. The first difficulty encountered is that of the actual identification of the archaeological remains as a monastic or hermitic site, given the lack of any written source for most of the sites. We examine here a certain number of religious sites, potentially monastic ones, considering their larger context of implantation, their patron, and/or their vicinity to a by…

Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger – the First One Not to Become a Blind Man? Political and Military History of the Bryennios Family in the 11th and Ea…

2020

Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger has a place in the history of Byzantium as the author of one of the works devoted to the Komnenos family coming to power. This outstanding observer and talented leader, who was fascinated by the person of his father-in-law Alexius I Komnenos, came from a family whose ambitions were no less than the those in the one into which Nikephoros himself married. His father and grandfather, also his namesake, were those who dreamed of an imperial crown for themselves and tried to reach for it armed. Apart from defeat, they both faced punishment which was blinding. One of those who captured and ordered the father of Nikephoros the Younger to be blinded was his future f…