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IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 1325: Stereotypical Motives in an Empire: Some Examples from the Middle and Late Medieval Period

Wednesday 9 July 2014, 16.30-18.00

Organiser:Georgios Theotokis, Department of History, Fatıh University, Istanbul
Moderator/Chair:Colette Marie Bowie, Independent Scholar, Glasgow
Paper 1325-aMiddle Byzantine Philological Treatises: Some Traits of Classical Texts
(Language: English)
Brigita Kukjalko, Faculty of Humanities, University of Latvia, Riga
Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Language and Literature - Greek
Paper 1325-bThe View of the Other: How the Byzantines Saw Their Enemies in Battle
(Language: English)
Georgios Theotokis, Department of History, Fatıh University, Istanbul
Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Military History
Paper 1325-cThe Reception of the Venetian Empire in the Italian and Cypriot Historiography for the Cypriot War of 1570-1571
(Language: English)
Chrysovalantis Papadamou, Department of History & Archaeology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia
Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy
Abstract

The aim of this session is to examine stereotypic views in the language, ideology, and historiography of two of the great Empires in the Mediterranean: Venice and Byzantium. The first of the three papers will reveal how the principles of classicism have influenced the study of language and especially its form in the Middle Byzantine period, and their correlation with the relevant features of the Ancient Greek texts. Following on that, the second paper will assess any stereotypical views of foreign warriors from the eyes of contemporaries of the 10th century and evaluate the changes throughout the centuries that could reveal any adjustments in Byzantine Imperial ideology. Finally, the third speaker will examine the Cypriot and Italian readings of the Venetian-Ottoman War of 1570-71, and will examine whether there were any stereotypical motives in the aforementioned historiography, such as the writings of Pietro Valderio.