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Author Balcárek, Petr

Title Byzantium in the Czech Lands (4th-16th Centuries) Historical and Art Historical Perspectives
Published Boston : BRILL, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (531 p.)
Series East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 Ser
East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 Ser
Contents Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 General Considerations -- 2 Byzantine Studies in the Czech Lands as a Potential Source for Interpretation: A Preliminary Outline -- 3 Byzantine Studies in Czechoslovakia After WWII -- 4 Byzantinoslavica -- 5 Czechoslovak Archaeologists and Art Historians -- Part 1 From 324 AD Up to the Eleventh Century -- Chapter 1 The Period from 324 AD to Approximately 500 AD -- 1 Introduction and Chronology -- 2 The Historical Background and Main Characteristics of the Period
3 Evidence of Archaeological Artefacts -- Chapter 2 The Period Between 500-670 -- 1 Historical Background -- 2 Material Evidence -- 3 Church Organization and Jurisdiction -- Chapter 3 The Period from 670 AD to Approximately 800 AD -- 1 Historical Background -- 2 Artefacts -- 3 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 The Great Moravian Period, Ninth Century -- 1 Characteristics and Historical Background -- 2 Artefacts -- 3 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 The Post-Great Moravian Period -- from the Year 900 to Approximately 1050 AD -- 1 Primary Characteristics of the Period
2 The Ecclesiastical Situation and Cultural Centres -- 3 Artefacts -- 4 Hungary as a Bridge Between East-Central Europe and Byzantium -- Chapter 6 Conclusion and Summary of the First Part -- Part 2 Second Half of the 11th Century up to the 16th Century -- Chapter 7 Introduction: Periodisation -- 1 From Mid-Eleventh Century to ca. 1204 -- Chapter 8 From Mid-Eleventh Century to ca. 1204 -- 1 Historical and Artistic Background -- 2 Material Evidence -- 3 Conclusion -- the Period Between 1054-1204 -- Chapter 9 Thirteenth Century -- 1 Historical Background -- 2 Material Evidence -- 3 Conclusion
Chapter 10 The Fourteenth Century -- 1 Historical Background -- 2 Material Evidence -- 3 Conclusion -- Chapter 11 Epilogue: The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries -- 1 Historical Background -- 2 Material Evidence -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary This book offers the first comprehensive study of Byzantine influence on the art and iconography of East Central Europe. Petr Balcárek focuses on the Byzantine cultural and religious legacy in the Czech lands, thereby bringing to light rarely seen images and presenting fresh hypotheses based on newly-explored theological interpretations and historical evidence. Including a discussion of the Czech and Slovak historiography on Byzantine studies, the work analyses significant artistic and iconographical artefacts in light of the intricate historical and political relationships that shaped Byzantine presence in these territories, comparing them with similar objects from other areas of Byzantine influence in order to draw wide-reaching conclusions
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Art, Byzantine -- Influence
Art, Byzantine -- Czech Republic -- History
Art, Byzantine.
Art, Byzantine
Art, Byzantine -- Influence
Czech Republic
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004527799
9004527796