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Unpublished paper, submitted in 2012 as thesis for the POSDRU scholarship at "Nicolae Iorga" Institute of History in Bucharest.
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T his paper discusses how the Venetian chronicles written in the 14th–18th centuries represent the episode in which the ban on wearing beards in Venice under Doge Domenico Michiel is connected to the hostilities with the Byzantine... more
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his paper discusses how the Venetian chronicles written in the 14th–18th centuries
represent the episode in which the ban on wearing beards in Venice under Doge Domenico
Michiel is connected to the hostilities with the Byzantine Empire in the context of the
expedition against Cephalonia in 1126. It is about a strange connection at the first glance;
however, some Venetian chroniclers that inserted this event were tempted to consider
this decision as an act of contempt against the Greeks that even made Emperor John II
Comnenus decide to end the hostilities and demand peace. The paper also brings fragments
that introduce this event in Venetian chronicles.
his paper discusses how the Venetian chronicles written in the 14th–18th centuries
represent the episode in which the ban on wearing beards in Venice under Doge Domenico
Michiel is connected to the hostilities with the Byzantine Empire in the context of the
expedition against Cephalonia in 1126. It is about a strange connection at the first glance;
however, some Venetian chroniclers that inserted this event were tempted to consider
this decision as an act of contempt against the Greeks that even made Emperor John II
Comnenus decide to end the hostilities and demand peace. The paper also brings fragments
that introduce this event in Venetian chronicles.
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Venetian History, Byzantine History, History of Daily Life, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Codicology of medieval manuscripts, and 13 moreVenetian possessions in the Eastern Mediterranean, Republic of Venice, Venetian Stato da mar, History of Venice, 11th and 12th Centuries, Beards, Medieval History of Venice, Byzantium and Venice, Venetian Chronicles, Venetian-Byzantine Relationship, Venice and Its Maritime Empire, John II Komnenos, and Beards in Byzantium
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The paper considers the manner in which the specific events in 1261 referring to the conquest of Constantinople by Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus are represented in 268 Venetian chronicles that cover the period in question.... more
The paper considers the manner in which the specific events in 1261
referring to the conquest of Constantinople by Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus are represented in 268 Venetian chronicles that cover the period in question. TheVenetian texts were written between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. In the context of this event, the diversion of the Venetian fleet to Daphnousia represented the main reason for which Constantinople fall in the Byzantine hands again, the impact of the events in 1261 being regarded as a trauma by the 13th century Venetian Republic, a trauma that was diffused in the later Venetian chronicles.
referring to the conquest of Constantinople by Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus are represented in 268 Venetian chronicles that cover the period in question. TheVenetian texts were written between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. In the context of this event, the diversion of the Venetian fleet to Daphnousia represented the main reason for which Constantinople fall in the Byzantine hands again, the impact of the events in 1261 being regarded as a trauma by the 13th century Venetian Republic, a trauma that was diffused in the later Venetian chronicles.
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Venetian History, Byzantine History, Black Sea region, Byzantium, Black Sea Studies, and 11 moreVenetian Stato da mar, History of Venice, Mediterranean and Black Sea Byzantine and Medieval Marine environmental history, History of Venetian Republic, Latin Empire of Constantinople, 13th Century, Michael VIII Palaiologos, Medieval History of Venice, Venetian Chronicles, BYZANTIUM AND THE WEST, and Venice and Its Maritime Empire
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Manuscript Studies, Codicology, Venetian History, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Codicology of medieval manuscripts, and 7 moreHistory of Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Medieval History of Venice, Venetian Chronicles, 13th Century Venice, and 11th Century Venice
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Venetian History, Renaissance History esp Venice, Veneto and empires, Cretan literature during the Venetian Rule, Medieval Chronicles, Crete during the Venetian Rule, and 6 moreVenetian Greece, History of Crete, Medieval History of Venice, Byzantium and Venice, Venetian Chronicles, and 15th Century Venice
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Venetian History, Byzantine History, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Venetian possessions in the Eastern Mediterranean, 16th century Venice, and 7 moreSaracens, History of Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice and the crusades, Medieval History of Venice, Venetian Chronicles, and Venetian-Byzantine Relationship
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"Revista Arhivelor. Archives Review" 90 (2014), 1-2, p. 77-88
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"Revista Arhivelor. Archives Review" 89 (2012), 2, p. 41-62
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"Revista Arhivelor. Archives Review" 91 (2014), 1-2, p. 127-141
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"Revista Arhivelor. Archives Review" 90 (2013), 1-2, p. 268-285
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"Revista Arhivelor. Archives Review" 89 (2012), 2, p. 178-210
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"Revista Arhivelor. Archives Review" 88 (2011), 2, p. 163-187
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"Revista Arhivelor. Archives Review" 87 (2010), 2, p. 158-178
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"Revista Arhivelor. Archives Review" 89 (2012), 1, p. 267-269
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published in "Revista Arhivelor. Archives Review" 85 (2008), 1, p. 423-424
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published in "Revista Arhivelor. Archives Review" 84 (2007), 3-4, p. 313-320
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in polemics with Eugen Denize
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Hans Belting Library, Brno, Czech Republic, November 2023
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Crusades, Venetian History, History of Venice, Fourth Crusade, Mediaeval Cult of Relics and Saints, and 9 moreLatin Empire of Constantinople, Medieval History of Venice, Relics and Reliquaries, Venetian Chronicles, 13th Century Venice, Venetian-Byzantine Relationship, Cult of Relics, Furta Sacra, and Saints and Relics
Padua, August 2022 (Congress of the Byzantine Studies)
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Venice, August 2022
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Venetian History, Byzantine History, Constantinople, Venetian Stato da mar, Fourth Crusade, and 8 moreHistory of Venetian Republic, Latin Empire of Constantinople, 13th century Italy, Palaeologan Dynasty (1261-1453 CE), Venetian Chronicles, Venetian-Byzantine Relationship, BYZANTIUM AND THE WEST, and Podestà del Comune Italiano
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Session to be held at the 23rd International Congress on Byzantine Studies, Belgrade, August 25, 2016
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Lecture held at Dipartimento di Beni Culturali of University of Bologna (siege of Ravenna)
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"Revista Arhivelor. Archives Review" 90 (2014), 1-2, p. 77-88
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History, Medieval Literature, Medieval Historiography, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Venetian History, and 12 moreAnonymity, Renaissance Historiography, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Medieval Chronicles, History of historical writing, Venice, Venezia, History of Venice, Chronicles, Venetian Chronicles, Chronicle Writing, and Storia Di Venezia
"Revista Arhivelor. Archives Review" 89 (2012), 2, p. 41-62
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"Revista Arhivelor. Archives Review" 89 (2012), 2, p. 41-62
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"Revista Arhivelor. Archives Review" 90 (2014), 1-2, p. 77-88
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"Revista Arhivelor. Archives Review" 87 (2010), 2, p. 158-178
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Medieval Literature, Medieval Historiography, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Venetian History, Anonymity, and 11 moreRenaissance Historiography, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Medieval Chronicles, History of historical writing, Venice, Venezia, History of Venice, Chronicles, Venetian Chronicles, Chronicle Writing, and Storia Di Venezia
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Beginning with the eleventh century, Venetian historiography was the witness of the development of a new literary genre, meaning the chronicles. Only at Venice's Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana , their number exceeds 300. They are not... more
Beginning with the eleventh century, Venetian historiography was the witness of the development of a new literary genre, meaning the chronicles. Only at Venice's Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana , their number exceeds 300. They are not contemporary sources for High Medieval Venice, but an instrument to reconstruct the image that the Venetians created regarding the surrounding political realities. They are supposed to represent the present paper's 'raw material'. Our proposal intends to emphasise a particular idea: possible Venetian claims for the Roman imperial tradition, more exactly the ideological evolution of this community from civitas to imperium . Although the imperial tendency is not immediately visible in the chronicles, it could be detected on a deeper investigation. It was possible, especially after the fourth crusade, when the fall of Constantinople ('the second Rome') in 1204 represented the proper opportunity for the Venetian community to consider itself as the legitimate heir of the imperial idea. The new title achieved by the Venetian Doge, that was Dominus quartae partis et dimidiae totius Imperii Romaniae ; the title of Dominator or of Podesta ¤ conffered to the Venetian representative at Constantinople during the Latin domination; the intention of the Doge Pietro Ziani (1205-29) to transfer the Venetian state structures to Constantinople. The paper especially emphasises this latter episode, relying upon the chronicle of Daniele Barbaro. Our intention is to accentuate all these features, relying upon the chronicles. They represented the Serenissima's option as a political identity. It supposes to pass from a local representation towards an international one, both of them seen through the eyes of the Venetian community.
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Remembering a fabulous scientific encounter, which will probably never be published.
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The Online International Conference devoted to the Archaeology, the History and Philosophy of War in Byzantine and Mediterranean Contexts (9th-16th c.), to be held virtually via Zoom from 8 to 10 December 2023, seeks to illuminate aspects... more
The Online International Conference devoted to the Archaeology, the History and Philosophy of War in Byzantine and Mediterranean Contexts (9th-16th c.), to be held virtually via Zoom from 8 to 10 December 2023, seeks to illuminate aspects of war in medieval and early modern period. Our Conference does not aim at exhausting the subject of war, but will offer an interdisciplinary forum for a selection of talks that touch upon some of the following aspects:
- Military campaigns, strategies and tactics
- Philosophy of Medieval war in Byzantium and the Mediterranean
- Psychological Warfare Techniques
- Combat arms (lances, swords, sabers, maces, hammers, knives, axes)
- Bows and crossbows
- Turkic bows
- Byzantine and Islamic great crossbows
- Military equipment (helmets, lamellar armors
- Warhorses and their equipment
- Mercenaries in armies
- Rus’ and Varangians
- Byzantine warriors
- Bulgarian warriors
- Arab warriors
- Crusader warriors
- Seljuk warriors
- Mongol warriors
- Mamluk warriors
- Man-powered mangonels
- Man-powered beam-sling mangonel
- Engines to shoot large arrows
- Ballistic machines
- Assault devices
- Stone-throwing counter-weight mangonel (or trebuchet)
- Mangonel balls
- Greek Fire projecting siphons
- Incendiary rockets
- Ceramic Grenades
- Hand cannons
- Early Cannons
- Siege Weapons
- Mobile sheds to protect men
- Byzantine Military Manuals
- Arab Military Manuals
- Latin Military Manuals
- Siege Illustrations in Manuscripts
- Arms in literature (epic poems and romances)
- Depictions of warriors, sieges and combats in art
- Illustrations of arms and combats in the Romance of Varqa ve Gülşah
- Military campaigns, strategies and tactics
- Philosophy of Medieval war in Byzantium and the Mediterranean
- Psychological Warfare Techniques
- Combat arms (lances, swords, sabers, maces, hammers, knives, axes)
- Bows and crossbows
- Turkic bows
- Byzantine and Islamic great crossbows
- Military equipment (helmets, lamellar armors
- Warhorses and their equipment
- Mercenaries in armies
- Rus’ and Varangians
- Byzantine warriors
- Bulgarian warriors
- Arab warriors
- Crusader warriors
- Seljuk warriors
- Mongol warriors
- Mamluk warriors
- Man-powered mangonels
- Man-powered beam-sling mangonel
- Engines to shoot large arrows
- Ballistic machines
- Assault devices
- Stone-throwing counter-weight mangonel (or trebuchet)
- Mangonel balls
- Greek Fire projecting siphons
- Incendiary rockets
- Ceramic Grenades
- Hand cannons
- Early Cannons
- Siege Weapons
- Mobile sheds to protect men
- Byzantine Military Manuals
- Arab Military Manuals
- Latin Military Manuals
- Siege Illustrations in Manuscripts
- Arms in literature (epic poems and romances)
- Depictions of warriors, sieges and combats in art
- Illustrations of arms and combats in the Romance of Varqa ve Gülşah
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Byzantine arms and armors, Bow and Arrow Technology, cannons and guns XVI century, Byzantine Army, Crossbow, and 10 morePsychological warfare, Vikings in the East, Varangians, Old Rus', Mongols and Mamluks, Mangonel, Siege Weapons, Medieval Artillery, Islamic Arms and Armour, Military Manuals, Warhorses, Turks and Crusaders, Seljuk, Mongol, post-Mongol, and Ottoman Anatolia (1200-1500), and Bulgarian byzantine wars
This paper presented at the ONLINE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE War in Byzantine and Mediterranean Contexts (9th-16th centuries) -History, Archaeology, Philosophy, explores the dichotomy of empowerment versus disempowerment during warfare... more
This paper presented at the ONLINE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE War in Byzantine and Mediterranean Contexts (9th-16th centuries) -History, Archaeology, Philosophy, explores the dichotomy of empowerment versus disempowerment during warfare descriptions in the Chronicle of Morea between the crusading Franks and the Byzantine Greeks in the Frankish state of the Despotate of Morea. The deliberate alienation and vilification of warfare techniques used by the Byzantine forces falls under the broader context of the western views of other eastern peoples and cultures as subservient, weak, decadent, and corrupt. This paper argues that this western identification of the Byzantine warfare with the negative charged term “Greek” and all the characteristics that come with it, have a place under the broader framework of Crusader Orientalism which meant to reflect the needs and desires of the west and promote western practices of warfare as superior to those of others.