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090086 VO Big books in Byzantine Studies: Sources and Scholarship (2025W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften
We 01.10. 16:45-18:15 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9

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Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 08.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 15.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 22.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 29.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 05.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 12.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 19.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 26.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 03.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 10.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 17.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 07.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 14.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 21.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 28.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9

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Aims, contents and method of the course

Overview over the history of Byzantium from the end of the Macedonian dynasty 1025 to the Fall of Constantinople 1453. While Byzantium continued to lose territory to neighbouring peoples during this period (Crusaders, Serbs, Seljuks, Ottomans) and aristocratic Clans gained in importance, there developed a rich cultural life, not least thanks to dialogue with West and East. This lecture course deals with social, economic and cultural (including religious) dynamics, as well as with the significance of Byzantium's encounter with neighbouring peoples. The format is a lecture course with opportunity for student participation in discussion and through work with the primary sources.

Assessment and permitted materials

written examination (100%), no external aids are permitted.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Basic knowledge of the content of the course, especially the lectures.

Examination topics

Content of the lectures and suggested, as well as independent reading. The examination is in two parts: (a) five definitions of key terms; (b) one exam question that must be answered in essay form. In order to facilitate preparation, six potential exam questions will be publicised on Moodle before the end of the semester. Each exam date will feature a different one of these questions.

Reading list

Angar, Mabi, Claudia Sode, Byzanz. Ein Schnellkurs (Köln, 2010)
Külzer, Andreas, Byzanz (Stuttgart, 2012)
Lilie, Ralph-Johannes, Byzanz. Das zweite Rom (Berlin, 2003)
Mazal, Otto, Handbuch der Byzantinistik (Graz, 1989)
Ostrogorsky, Georg, Byzantinische Geschichte, 324-1453 (Nachdruck München, 1996)
Preiser-Kapeller, Johannes, Byzanz. Das Neue Rom und die Welt des Mittelalters (München, 2023)
Schreiner, Peter, Byzanz (Oldenburg, 2011)
Talbot, Alice-Mary (ed.), Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, 3 Bde. (Oxford, 1991)
Additional readings will be communicated in the course of the semester.

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