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- The Byzantines saw themselves as the rightful successors to Rome, maintaining the use of Roman titles, Roman law, and presenting themselves as a beacon of civilization amid a sea of 'barbaric' Germanic kingdoms. In the British Isles, the situation was somewhat different.
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The Byzantines were among the longest-living civilizations of the Middle Ages. Some people even date the end of the Medieval Era at the fall of their capital city, Constantinople. During a major part of its existence, the Byzantine Empire was the center of the medieval world.
- Origins. Constantine I took control of the Roman Empire after winning the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in October of A.D. 312. The events before the battle are steeped in legend, but Constantine is said to have had some sort of religious experience that resulted in his warming to Christianity.
- Justinian I. Justinian I became emperor in 527. While it is said that the golden age of Byzantium occurred during his reign Justinian's rule certainly did not start off as golden.
- The Byzantine Dark Age. The centuries after Justinian’s death are sometimes referred to as the Byzantine “Dark Age” and for good reason, as a series of misfortunes befell the empire.
- Byzantine comeback? Byzantium never returned to the “golden age” it had reached during Justinian’s rule. Nevertheless, the military situation stabilized in the ninth century and by the 11th century, Byzantium had gained back a considerable amount of territory that it had lost.
Since its inception, Christianity was never uniform. In the Early Middle Ages, Eastern and Western Europe were occasionally at conflict, and in turn, each affirmed religious doctrine. One of the more prominent conflicts was over images.
- Thanks for asking. As I understand it, the first 2nd commandment that you cite is from the Jewish, Greek Orthodox and Protestant (except Lutheran)...
- This was before the scism that separated the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Western Catholic Church. The council of Nicea was inclusive of all in...
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- There is a decent discussion of this point in Wikipedia. I've pasted the first paragraph from it here: An iconodule (Greek eikono-doulos "One who s...
- Iconoclasm is the breaking of images, which is also what we do when we hurt someone or say something mean. We are all made in the image of God. If...
Sep 28, 2023 · The Byzantine Empire existed between 285 and 1453 AD, and during the Middle Ages, acted as a barrier against the expansion of Islam into Europe. The history of Byzantium is often interpreted as a symbol of the widening gulf between Western and Eastern cultures in world history.
The stylistic and thematic interests of the Early Byzantine period continued during the Middle Byzantine period, with a focus on building churches and decorating their interiors. There were some significant changes in the empire, however, that brought about some change in the arts.
- Britannica has an excellent article over Byzantine art. (http://www.britannica.com/art/Byzantine-art). Here are some excerpts explaining the philos...
- (c. 751 - 849) was the iconoclastic period. Between 1205 and 1260 Constantinople (the very cultural heart of Byzantium) was ruled by Crusaders, whi...
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Dec 13, 2018 · The Benedictine order encouraged its members to live as simple a life as possible with simple food, basic accommodation and as few possessions as was practical. There was a set of regulations that monks had to follow and, because they all lived the same way, they became known as 'brothers'.
So too did most of the population of the Byzantine Empire live in small villages, living at a subsistence level, and selling what rare surplus they had. Byzantium, like its Western European counterpart, was fundamentally rural.
