An explanation and some credits from Episode 166 – To The City. Download it here.
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Check out the Ancient Faith website to find out more about “Chants from Balamand” the CD which features the clip of the Trisagion I played during the episode.
Icon of St George (blessedcelebration.com)
You visit Constantinople, guided by a stranger.
Period: 913-1025
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Icon of Theophylact of Ohrid
We explore the reasons why the Bulgarians never became Romans.
Period: 913-1025
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Colin McEvedy’s Atlas of Medieval Europe. I love it but it is misleading
A lovely looking but very misleading map 1045
My map of the Balkans duing 11th century
Camridge History of Byzantium Balkans map
Serbia and Croatia in the 11th century from Byzantium’s Balkan Frontier by Paul Stephenson
The maps commonly used in books and the internet give a misleading impression of the Byzantine occupation of Bulgaria. We tour the Balkans and discuss the reality on the ground.
Period: 913-1025
Download: Don’t Believe Your Map
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Hagia Sophia, Kiev. Begun in early 11th century, restored in later centuries
Inside are original Byzantine mosaics. Church fathers L-R St. Laurentlus, Basil the Great, John Chrysostom, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory Wonderworker
We trace the interconnected developments of the Magyars, Pechenegs and Rus.
Period: 913-1025
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Pietro II Orseolo (left) and his son Otto
We move on to Venice and Normandy to discuss the development of two peoples who will play a key role in the future of Byzantium.
Period: 913-1025
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Otto the Great (/rorate-caeli.blogspot.com)
We talk about developments in the Frankish realm as they relate to Byzantium across the past century.
Period: 913-1025
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Bari today
We talk about the big picture status of Italy during the 10th century and why it mattered to Byzantium.
Period: 913-1025
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Myrelaion of Romanos Lekapenos
Some of the Imperial Sarcophagi (Istanbul Archeological Museum)
We discuss Byzantine funeral practices and the burial places of Emperors.
Period: 913-1025
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It probably never happened but it does look cool. Picture by Vasil Goranov
I answer some listener questions about Basil II and Byzantine first names.
Period: 913-1025
Download: The Legend Slayer
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