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    Collections series Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies
    The Cult of St Anna in Byzantium is the first undertaking in Byzantine research to study the phenomenon of St Anna’s cult from the sixth to the fifteenth centuries. It was prompted by the need to enrich our knowledge of a female saint who had already been studied in the West but remained virtually unknown in Eastern Christendom. It focuses on a figure little-studied in scholarship and examines the ... En savoir plus

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  • Sylvester Syropoulos on Politics and Culture in the Fifteenth-Century Mediterranean

    Themes and Problems in the Memoirs, Section IV

    Collections series Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies
    The Memoirs of Sylvester Syropoulos is a text written by a Î’yzantine ecclesiastical official in the 15th century. Syropoulos participated in the Council for the union of the Greek and Latin Churches held in Ferrara and Florence, Italy, in 1438-1439. As a high-ranking official and an eye-witness of the union, he offers a unique perspective on this important political and religious event that would ... En savoir plus

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