IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 708: Byzantium in Context, III: Byzantium at Leisure: Preferences, Appearances, and Social Pursuits
Tuesday 2 July 2013, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Abteilung Byzanzforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien / Institute of Historical Research, Department of Byzantine Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens |
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| Organiser: | Efi Ragia, Department of Byzantine Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF), Athens |
| Moderator/Chair: | Eleonora Kountoura-Galaki, Department of Byzantine Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF), Athens |
| Paper 708-a | Luxury, Ostentation, and Idleness: Some Remarks on the Generic Vices of Byzantine Emperors (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Byzantine Studies, Language and Literature - Greek, Mentalities |
| Paper 708-b | 'Εντεύξεις' and the 'Political' Party: Gatherings, Friendships, and Social Profiles in 11th-12th-Century Byzantium (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Language and Literature - Greek, Mentalities, Social History |
| Paper 708-c | Representations of Music and Dance in Everyday Life in Middle Byzantine Art, 10th-12th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Painting, Byzantine Studies, Mentalities, Music |
| Abstract | Byzantium is well known for its formalities, which ruled its public life. But what about formalities that ruled its private life? This session intends to explore preferences of the Byzantines that made them happy; display of wealth, display of propriety and its opposite, participation in social events of daily life, social behavior in accordance with prevailing social profiles of the 11th and 12th centuries will be at the thematic center of this session. |