A nation’s tastes and mentality are nowhere more clearly preserved than in its arts. These embody its loftiest ambitions and most telling achievements. Continue reading “Art in the Eastern Roman Empire”
Art in the Eastern Roman Empire
Medieval Mediterranean Slave Trade – Slaves in the Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) World
Slavery has existed throughout history in different parts of the world and in different civilizations. Continue reading “Medieval Mediterranean Slave Trade – Slaves in the Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) World”
Trade and Economics in the Eastern Roman Empire
The Byzantine attitude to trade and industry is perhaps easier to understand today, when state control is once again accepted as inevitable if not wholly desirable, than would have been the case during any intervening period in history. Continue reading “Trade and Economics in the Eastern Roman Empire”
The therapeutic use of sport in the Eastern Roman Empire
Exercises that aimed at maintaining and promoting health are found in the Byzantine literature under the terms physiotherapeutic and training gymnasiums. Continue reading “The therapeutic use of sport in the Eastern Roman Empire”
The Birth of the Hospital in the Eastern Roman Empire (‘Byzantium’) – Philanthropic social welfare in the Christian East
»Philanthropic social welfare and medical assistance institutions [in Byzantium] were in every respect perfect and nearly similar to present day institutions of this kind. In any case, they were the first fully equipped European hospitals« Continue reading “The Birth of the Hospital in the Eastern Roman Empire (‘Byzantium’) – Philanthropic social welfare in the Christian East”
Is the evaluation of the Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) Empire as anti-innovative correct?
It is often said that Byzantium and the Byzantines were negative, if not inimical and hostile, to innovation. Continue reading “Is the evaluation of the Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) Empire as anti-innovative correct?”
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