Sökning: "Constantinople"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Constantinople.

1. 1. Dazzling Dining : Banquets as an Expression of Imperial Legitimacy

   Författare :Simon Malmberg; Averil Cameron; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Banquets; emperor; legitimation; rituals; ideology; propaganda; Domus Augustana; Great Palace; triclinium; Rome; Constantinople; virtues; Christianity; precedence; consensus; tradition; court; late antiquity.; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Antikens kultur och samhälle; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

   Sammanfattning : This study examines how banquets hosted by the Roman emperor were vehicles of imperial propaganda and expressions of the ruler’s political legitimation. The focus will be on the banquets held in the palace of Domus Augustana in Rome and in the Great Palace in Constantinople during the period AD 330-580. LÄS MER

3. 2. Att sluta från början. Tidigmodern läsning och folkbokens receptionsestetik

   Författare :Rikard Wingård; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; early modern reading; reception theory; reception aesthetics; history of literary criticism; book history; bibliography; literacy; orality; Swedish early modern literature; Volksbücher; Chapbooks; Bibliothèque Bleue; Seven sages of Rome; Helen of Constantinople; Fortunatus; Apollonius of Tyre; Theagenes and Chariclia; Till Eulenspiegel; Juan Luis Vives;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis poses the question, why were Volksbücher read and loved by some people in the early modern period and at the same time criticized by others. By doing so three important goals are aimed at : 1 ) to arrive at a better and more stable definition of the concept of the Volksbuch ; 2 ) to develop a better and more adequate reception theory for premodern and early modern culture, readers and literature, than has hitherto been concieved ; 3 ) to get a better understanding of Volksbücher as literary objects, of their mode of expression. LÄS MER

4. 3. Virginity Recast : Romanos and the Mother of God

   Författare :Thomas Arentzen; Samuel Rubenson; Ingela Nilsson; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Saint 6th cent; Romanus Melodus; Hymns; Greek Byzantine ; Virgin Mary – History of doctrines – 030–600; Virgin Mary – Annunciation; Virgin Mary – veneration; Bible – use in hymns; Akathists; Hymns – Theology; Theotokos; Nativity; Byzantine rite – Liturgy; Kontakion; Mariology; Orthodox Eastern Church – Liturgy; Orthodox Eastern Church – Hymns; Body; Human – religious aspects – Christianity; Late Antiquity; asceticism; breast feeding; gender and sexuality issues; Justinian Era.; Romanos the Melodist; Virgin Mary; kontakion; Constantinople; hymns; Mariology; virginity;

   Sammanfattning : The Virgin Mary has always stood out in the Christian scenery, yet in ever-changing guises. This study explores the characterization of the Virgin in the poetic works of Romanos the Melodist (ca. 490–560), the great composer of the so-called kontakion. Written for liturgical use, these dramatic songs soon became well-known and immensely popular. LÄS MER

5. 4. "...achieved nothing worthy of memory" : Coinage and authority in the Roman empire c. AD 260-295

   Författare :Ragnar Hedlund; Mats Cullhed; Ursula Kampmann; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Roman empire; soldier-emperor; crisis; propaganda; language of images; authority; legitimacy; communication; coinage; coin-imagery; war; military; court; Rome; regionalization; consecration; dynasty; divine sanction; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

   Sammanfattning : This study examines how the Roman emperors c. AD. 260–295 attempt at maintaining their power-bases through legitimation of their claims to power, with reference to various potentially powerful groups of society, such as the military, the inhabitants of the provinces and the senate in Rome. LÄS MER

7. 5. Theodore Metochites' Stoicheiosis astronomike and the study of philosophy in early Palaiologan Byzantium

   Författare :Börje Bydén; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

   Sammanfattning : Ancient Greek philosophy was taught and studied in the Greek-speaking world throughout the Middle Ages. This period in the history of philosophy is still imperfectly known, partly owing to the fact that many of the relevant texts are still unedited. This is true not least of the philosophical works produced during the 'Palaiologan Renaissance. LÄS MER