Byzantium in the Czech Lands (4th–16th centuries) : : Historical and Art Historical Perspectives / / Petr Balcárek.

• Superior document: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; 87
• VerfasserIn: Balcárek, Petr,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2023.; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; 87.; Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2023.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (531 pages)

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Petr Balcárek -- Copyright page / Petr Balcárek -- Dedication / Petr Balcárek -- Epigraph / Petr Balcárek -- Preface / Petr Balcárek -- Acknowledgements / Petr Balcárek -- Illustrations / Petr Balcárek -- Maps / Petr Balcárek -- Abbreviations / Petr Balcárek -- Introduction / Petr Balcárek -- Chapter 1 The Period from 324 AD to Approximately 500 AD / Petr Balcárek -- Chapter 2 The Period Between 500–670 / Petr Balcárek -- Chapter 3 The Period from 670 AD to Approximately 800 AD / Petr Balcárek -- Chapter 4 The Great Moravian Period, Ninth Century / Petr Balcárek -- Chapter 5 The Post-Great Moravian Period – from the Year 900 to Approximately 1050 AD / Petr Balcárek -- Chapter 6 Conclusion and Summary of the First Part / Petr Balcárek -- Chapter 7 Introduction: Periodisation / Petr Balcárek -- Chapter 8 From Mid-Eleventh Century to ca. 1204 / Petr Balcárek -- Chapter 9 Thirteenth Century / Petr Balcárek -- Chapter 10 The Fourteenth Century / Petr Balcárek -- Chapter 11 Epilogue: The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries / Petr Balcárek -- Conclusion / Petr Balcárek -- Bibliography / Petr Balcárek -- Index / Petr Balcárek.