Adein

Bessard

Hudson:

Social mobility in East Roman bureaucracy

Case of Constantine of Promoundenoi

Later Quinet

Chenavard and Quinet

Ballanche's palingenetic account of the French Revolution

Some excerpts from Petrović's ''Philosophy and Marxism'' I translated. I'll be ready soon (hopefully) to get a few chapters out

On the Tang legal code

The First Sophistic Superstructure of classical Greece

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Customs in the Serbian Middle Ages An analysis

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Excerpts from John Geometres' Poem on Spring East Roman poetry

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Rhetoric in East Roman education:

A quote from Byzantium/Ῥωμανία for the day:

''Concepts create idols; only wonder comprehends anything. People kill one another over idols. Wonder makes us fall to our knees.''

After Free Trade - Boston Review As the neoliberal order unravels, the international economic system can and must make room for cooperative forms of state-driven development.

Great read:
www.bostonreview.net/articles/aft...

Publication day! My article 'Manuel I Komnenos’ policy towards the sultanate of Rum and John Kontostephanos’ embassies to Jerusalem, 1159–61' appeared in 'Crusades'.

Did John Kontostephanos go to the Holy Land once or twice? I use this to look at Byzantine grand strategy in the mid-12th c.

Humanitas in Roman culture

East Romans in 11th century towards minorities in their polity

Women, trade and business during 11th century East Rome:

East Romans' xenophobia towards Bulgarians:

A quote from Byzantium/Romania for the day:

"Blame Homer,
Because of the hidden depths of his ideas."

Claim to Romanitas and the role of the legal reform

Anna Komnene:

''Every state is as we see a sort of partnership, and every partnership is formed with a view to some good (since all the actions of all mankind are done with a view to what they think to be good).''

Universality of money in the early Greek mind

Today is Proclus' birthday. When I think to, I always post a link on this day to this piece I wrote for a commemoration in 2012: "On the Occasion of the 1,600th Anniversary of the Birth of Proclus (2/08/12)" henadology.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

A ninth-century military manual penned in a state under constant attack has a more coherent vision of caring for the vulnerable than just about any western country.

Byzantium: take care of the old and infirm
US/UK/Canada: feed 'em to the woodchipper

Theodore of Kyzikos: The wine is watery! The emperor is so very far away! Melancholy!

Buddy, you live one afternoon's sail from Constantinople.

...Not only more than the world or the men of the world, but also more than Heaven,
And all the angels of Heaven, for I possess the Creator of the whole Universe.''