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The 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies
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Byzantine Studies
Edited book | Proceedings of the Plenary Sessions
Chapter | Texts and Tales of Byzantium in Primarily Oral Cultures
Texts and Tales of Byzantium in Primarily Oral Cultures
From the Caucasus to Canterbury
- Jonathan Shepard - The Khalili Research Centre, University of Oxford - email
Abstract
This paper considers the unregulated 10th-12th-century outflow northwards of Eastern Christian persons, written texts, oral tales and artefacts via the waterways spanning Rus. Responses to this outflow varied across northwest Europe, helping to consolidate regimes or legitimise rebels, while bolstering individual’s status. Comparable dynamics are seen in the Caucasus, with the titles and visible trappings of a God-blessed court enhancing Alan rulers’ imperial and dynastic ambitions, while tales of Byzantium helped legitimise regional clans. But intensive engagement was finite and fitful, registering the changing needs of developing polities/cultures.
Submitted: Oct. 16, 2021 | Accepted: Feb. 9, 2022 | Published Aug. 22, 2022 | Language: en
Keywords Ragnvald • Edgar • Normans • gold • Iceland • Gold • basileus • texts • Dynasties • William the Conqueror • Harald Hardrada • elite • Elite • Cnut • Viking • tales • writing • Tales • Byzantine-awareness • Alans • Mercenaries • Basileus • Weaponry • Caucasus • Anglo-Danish • Edward the Confessor • stratagems • weaponry • Writing • Laudes • Stratagems • dynasties • Texts • laudes • mercenaries
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- Foreword
- Antonio Rigo
- Aug. 22, 2022
Section 1. Patrimoines
- Introduction
- Jannic Durand, Catherine Jolivet-Lévy
- Aug. 22, 2022
- Discovering and Preserving Byzantine Constantinople: Archaeology and Heritage Policies in Istanbul
- Barış Altan, Ayşe Ercan
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- La matérialité des collections byzantines. Le cas des textiles
- Marielle Martiniani-Reber
- Aug. 22, 2022
- Atypical Patrimony. Collecting Byzantine Art in American University Museums
- Robert Nelson
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- Jean-Claude Cheynet
- Aug. 22, 2022
- Creative Thinking and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Byzantine Artistic Production
- Brigitte Pitarakis
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- Aug. 22, 2022
- Literature. No Longer the Cinderella of Byzantine Studies
- Ingela Nilsson
- Aug. 22, 2022
- Linking Fields, Approaches, and Methods in Byzantine Legal Studies
- Daphne Papadatou
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- Climate History of Byzantium at the Crossroads
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A Race Against Time
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Interdisciplinary Field Methods in the Study of Byzantine Landscapes
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Section 3. Textual Exchanges
- Textual Exchanges in Late Antiquity East and South of Byzantium Seen Through an Eastern Christian Lens
- Muriel Debié
- Aug. 22, 2022
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- Paolo Odorico
- Aug. 22, 2022
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Texts and Tales of Byzantium in Primarily Oral Cultures
From the Caucasus to Canterbury - Jonathan Shepard
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- Constantinople in the Middle Byzantine Age
- Albrecht Berger
- Aug. 22, 2022
Section 5. Social, Cultural, and Material Networks
- Les réseaux et les études byzantines
- Michel Kaplan
- Aug. 22, 2022
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- Aug. 22, 2022
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Shepard Jonathan |
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Texts and Tales of Byzantium in Primarily Oral Cultures. From the Caucasus to Canterbury |
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Chapter |
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en |
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This paper considers the unregulated 10th-12th-century outflow northwards of Eastern Christian persons, written texts, oral tales and artefacts via the waterways spanning Rus. Responses to this outflow varied across northwest Europe, helping to consolidate regimes or legitimise rebels, while bolstering individual’s status. Comparable dynamics are seen in the Caucasus, with the titles and visible trappings of a God-blessed court enhancing Alan rulers’ imperial and dynastic ambitions, while tales of Byzantium helped legitimise regional clans. But intensive engagement was finite and fitful, registering the changing needs of developing polities/cultures. |
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The 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies |
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari |
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2022-08-22 |
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dc.dateAccepted |
2022-02-09 |
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2021-10-16 |
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http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-590-2/texts-and-tales-of-byzantium-in-primarily-oral-cul/ |
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10.30687/978-88-6969-590-2/016 |
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3715-9453 |
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978-88-6969-590-2 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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with fulltext |
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open |
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Alans |
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dc.subject |
Anglo-Danish |
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dc.subject |
Basileus |
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dc.subject |
Byzantine-awareness |
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dc.subject |
Caucasus |
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dc.subject |
Cnut |
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dc.subject |
Dynasties |
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dc.subject |
Edgar |
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dc.subject |
Edward the Confessor |
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dc.subject |
Elite |
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dc.subject |
Gold |
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dc.subject |
Harald Hardrada |
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dc.subject |
Iceland |
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dc.subject |
Laudes |
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dc.subject |
Mercenaries |
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dc.subject |
Normans |
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dc.subject |
Ragnvald |
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dc.subject |
Stratagems |
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dc.subject |
Tales |
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dc.subject |
Texts |
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dc.subject |
Viking |
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dc.subject |
Weaponry |
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dc.subject |
William the Conqueror |
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dc.subject |
Writing |
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dc.subject |
basileus |
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dc.subject |
dynasties |
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dc.subject |
elite |
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dc.subject |
gold |
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dc.subject |
laudes |
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dc.subject |
mercenaries |
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dc.subject |
stratagems |
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dc.subject |
tales |
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dc.subject |
texts |
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dc.subject |
weaponry |
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dc.subject |
writing |
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