“An important chapter in the cultural relations between Byzantium and its former Dalmatian regions was written in the period of intensified communication between Greek and Roman Churches in the fourth and fifth decades of the fifteenth century. This cultural flow continued well after the Byzantine Empire had been conquered by the Ottoman Turks. While the Empire of the Palaeologi was collapsing, the cultural activity of the Greek intellectuals fleeing to Italy was entering a new, lively phase. Continue reading “Graeco-Roman (‘Byzantine’) culture in Dubrovnik and Dalmatia” →

“The influence of Byzantine culture in medieval Dalmatia was neither sporadic nor isolated, but deeply embedded in the history of this region. The province, later theme Dalmatia, was part of the Byzantine Empire during the Early Middle Ages. Eastern and Western influences together marked the development of early medieval Dalmatia. Continue reading “Foundations of Byzantine tradition in medieval Dalmatia” →