查士丁尼时期君士坦丁堡的建筑研究

查士丁尼一世是拜占廷帝国历史上一位杰出的政治家,在位期间在帝国各地进行了大规模的建筑活动。其中,首都君士坦丁堡的建筑是其庞大建筑的重要组成部分,圣索菲亚教堂成为查士丁尼一世建筑成就的杰出代表。他的建筑活动基本上符合当时帝国的实际情况,有效地配合了其总体治国战略方针的实施,有利于维护帝国的统治。     

He Polis healo: The Fall of Constantinople in 1453 in Post-Byzantine Popular Literature

This article examines the reaction of the Greeks to one of the most momentous events in their history, the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks in May 1453, as it is portrayed in works of Greek popular literature up to the seventeenth century. The popular lores, apart from reflecting the emotions and thoughts of the conquered Greeks, also contributed to the creation of legends, aiming at encouraging the Greeks to keep their hopes alive for eventual liberation from the Turkish occupation.     

1180—1203年拜占廷诸皇帝的迷信活动影响浅析

1180—1203年拜占廷皇帝们的迷信活动导致拜占廷皇权衰落、政局动荡。1180年以来拜占廷二十余年国内政治局势动荡和皇权的衰落,使得社会各阶层不能团结一致抵抗外敌,最终君士坦丁堡被第四次十字军东征攻陷,开始了拜占廷漫长的衰落时期。