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    Byzantine literature is the Greek literature of the Middle Ages, whether written in the territory of the Byzantine Empire or outside its borders. It forms...
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  • including history, philosophy, and the sciences. Byzantine literature, the literature of the Byzantine Empire, was written in Atticizing, Medieval and...
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  • Hellenisation in the Byzantine Empire describes the spread and intensification of ancient Greek culture, religion and language in the Byzantine Empire. The theory...
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  • style Byzantine art Byzantine music Byzantine literature Byzantine Greek, or Medieval Greek, the form of the Greek language spoken in the Byzantine Empire...
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    The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity...
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    Greek and written, classical Greek may be discerned. Major genres of Byzantine literature include historiography (both in the classical mode and in the form...
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  • in the Byzantine Empire. This stage of language is thus described as Byzantine Greek. The study of the Medieval Greek language and literature is a branch...
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    the Comnenian dynasty, Byzantine writers of twelfth century Constantinople reintroduced the ancient Greek romance literature, imitating its form and...
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  • and the Neoplatonists. Greek science and literature remained alive in the Byzantine world, and Byzantine philosophy drew heavily on Plato, Aristotle...
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    Byzantine rhetoric refers to rhetorical theorizing and production during the time of the Byzantine Empire. Byzantine rhetoric is significant in part because...
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    term Byzantine commonwealth was coined by 20th-century historian Dimitri Obolensky to refer to the area where Byzantine general influence (Byzantine liturgical...
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    Greece (section Literature)
    popular Byzantine literature and early Modern Greek literature both began in the 11th century, the two are indistinguishable. Modern Greek literature refers...
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  • integral part of ancient Greek literature and held a prestigious place in later Roman historiography and Byzantine literature. The historical period of ancient...
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    Anglo-Norman literature Classical Arabic literature Medieval Armenian literature Medieval Bosnian literature Old Breton literature Byzantine literature Medieval...
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    The Byzantine Greeks were the Greek-speaking Eastern Romans throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. They were the main inhabitants of the lands...
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    Numerous sources (chronicles, legal texts, hagiographic literature) however paint a picture of the Byzantine patriarchal society in which women in general did...
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  • kingdoms of India Latin in Western Europe Greek in the Byzantine Empire Middle Persian literature of the late Sassanid period Tiberian Hebrew as written...
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    Treadgold Byzantine culture Byzantine architecture Byzantine art Macedonian art Byzantine dance Byzantine literature Acritic songs Byzantine novel Byzantine music...
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    Alexander Kazhdan (category Scholars of Byzantine literature)
    study of Byzantine society, was written with Giles Constable; Studies in Byzantine literature (1984) with Simon Franklin; and Change in Byzantine Culture...
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    architecture, literature and technological achievements were built. Byzantines stood behind several technological advancements. Byzantine science was essentially...
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  • Geoponica (category Byzantine literature)
    agricultural lore, compiled during the 10th century in Constantinople for the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. The Greek word Geoponica signifies...
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    forces of the Empire of Nicaea, leading to the re-establishment of the Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty, after an interval of 57 years where...
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    Teaching of Jacob (category Byzantine literature)
    eschatology. Although not unfamiliar imagery, it is part of a series of Byzantine literature, from the early stages of the Islamic religion, of trying to reconcile...
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    The migration waves of Byzantine Greek scholars and émigrés in the period following the end of the Byzantine Empire in 1453 is considered by many scholars...
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  • Cyril Mango (category Scholars of Byzantine literature)
    History, Language and Literature at King's College London, the University of Oxford Bywater and Sotheby Professor Emeritus of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language...
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  • 1230) 13th century in poetry 12th century in literature 14th century in literature List of years in literature Keith Devlin (2012). The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's...
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    Madrid Skylitzes (category Byzantine literature)
    (Greek: Σύνοψις Ἱστοριῶν, Byzantine Greek: [ˈsy̜.nop.sis is.to.riˈon]), by John Skylitzes, which covers the reigns of the Byzantine emperors from the death...
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    The island of Crete came under the rule of the Byzantine Empire in two periods: the first extends from the late antique period (3rd century) to the conquest...
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  • 1343) 14th century in poetry 13th century in literature 15th century in literature List of years in literature John Flood (8 September 2011). Poets Laureate...
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    Greek minuscule (category Byzantine literature)
    minuscule was a Greek writing style which was developed as a book hand in Byzantine manuscripts during the 9th and 10th centuries. It replaced the earlier...
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