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A Very Byzantine Journey
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Author : J. Richard Smith
language : en
Publisher: Sacristy Press
Release Date : 2022-03-01
A Very Byzantine Journey written by J. Richard Smith and has been published by Sacristy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-01 with Art categories.
Part travelogue, part exploration of religious images and pilgrimage, J. Richard Smith tells the story of icons and the places where the New Testament story really happened.
A Byzantine Journey
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Author : John Ash
language : en
Publisher: Random House (NY)
Release Date : 1995
A Byzantine Journey written by John Ash and has been published by Random House (NY) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
For those interested in a deeper appreciation of the Byzantine Empire and its importance to world history, this engaging, richly detailed travelogue introduces a colorful cast of personalities from the region's fascinating history and provides a detailed description of the art and influences of the time. Photos. 2 maps.
A Very Byzantine Journey
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Author : J. Richard Smith
language : en
Publisher: Sacristy Press
Release Date : 2022-03-01
A Very Byzantine Journey written by J. Richard Smith and has been published by Sacristy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-01 with Art categories.
Part travelogue, part exploration of religious images and pilgrimage, J. Richard Smith tells the story of icons and the places where the New Testament story really happened.
From The Holy Mountain A Journey In The Shadow Of Byzantium Text Only
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Author : William Dalrymple
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2012-06-21
From The Holy Mountain A Journey In The Shadow Of Byzantium Text Only written by William Dalrymple and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-21 with Travel categories.
A rich blend of history and spirituality, adventure and politics, laced with the thread of black comedy familiar to readers of William Dalrymple’s previous work.
From The Holy Mountain
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Author : William Dalrymple
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2012-10-02
From The Holy Mountain written by William Dalrymple and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-02 with Travel categories.
In the spring of A.D. 587, John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist embarked on a remarkable expedition across the entire Byzantine world, traveling from the shores of Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. Using Moschos’s writings as his guide and inspiration, the acclaimed travel writer William Dalrymple retraces the footsteps of these two monks, providing along the way a moving elegy to the slowly dying civilization of Eastern Christianity and to the people who are struggling to keep its flame alive. The result is Dalrymple’s unsurpassed masterpiece: a beautifully written travelogue, at once rich and scholarly, moving and courageous, overflowing with vivid characters and hugely topical insights into the history, spirituality and the fractured politics of the Middle East.
Prodigal Daughter
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Author : University of Alberta. Archives
language : en
Publisher: University of Alberta
Release Date : 1992
Prodigal Daughter written by University of Alberta. Archives and has been published by University of Alberta this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A geographical, historical, and spiritual odyssey by a master of creative nonfiction.
From The Holy Mountain
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Author : William Dalrymple
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
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Travel In The Byzantine World
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Author : Ruth Macrides
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Travel In The Byzantine World written by Ruth Macrides and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with History categories.
The contributions to this volume have been selected from the papers delivered at the 34th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies at Birmingham, in April 2000. Travellers to and in the Byzantine world have long been a subject of interest but travel and communications in the medieval period have more recently attracted scholarly attention. This book is the first to bring together these two lines of enquiry. Four aspects of travel in the Byzantine world, from the sixth to the fifteenth century, are examined here: technicalities of travel on land and sea, purposes of travel, foreign visitors' perceptions of Constantinople, and the representation of the travel experience in images and in written accounts. Sources used to illuminate these four aspects include descriptions of journeys, pilot books, bilingual word lists, shipwrecks, monastic documents, but as the opening paper shows the range of such sources can be far wider than generally supposed. The contributors highlight road and travel conditions for horses and humans, types of ships and speed of sea journeys, the nature of trade in the Mediterranean, the continuity of pilgrimage to the Holy Land, attitudes toward travel. Patterns of communication in the Mediterranean are revealed through distribution of ceramic finds, letter collections, and the spread of the plague. Together, these papers make a notable contribution to our understanding both of the evidence for travel, and of the realities and perceptions of communications in the Byzantine world. Travel in the Byzantine World is volume 10 in the series published by Ashgate/Variorum on behalf of the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies.
Mount Athos A Journey Of Self Discovery
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Author : Luiz Rocha
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2009-02
Mount Athos A Journey Of Self Discovery written by Luiz Rocha and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02 with Religion categories.
This book is about the life lessons learned and experienced by the author during a pilgrimage to Mount Athos in Greece, one of the oldest surviving monastic communities in the world; an exclusive domain of monks and other holy men; a place molded in tradition, history, legend, and miracles. Known as the Holy Mountain, it remains fundamentally unchanged since the eighth century. The author visits a number of monasteries and learns from the monks, hermits, and other people he meets about the historical differences between the Christian religion in the East and West, the symbolism of the faith, the influence of paganism on Christianity, and the Byzantine Empire's art and iconography. Most importantly, immersed in this environment, he is confronted with some of the fundamental questions that we deal with on our lives' journeys over and over again. He is also introduced to the mystic side of an unfamiliar spiritual practice called "hesychia," a technique combining concentration with inward tranquility. The book merges elements of research, memoir, art, history, philosophy, and spirituality into a single story. What emerges is a fascinating and insightful account of a world that is entirely new to many Western readers.
Travel In The Byzantine World
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Author : Ruth Macrides
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Travel In The Byzantine World written by Ruth Macrides and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with History categories.
The contributions to this volume have been selected from the papers delivered at the 34th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies at Birmingham, in April 2000. Travellers to and in the Byzantine world have long been a subject of interest but travel and communications in the medieval period have more recently attracted scholarly attention. This book is the first to bring together these two lines of enquiry. Four aspects of travel in the Byzantine world, from the sixth to the fifteenth century, are examined here: technicalities of travel on land and sea, purposes of travel, foreign visitors' perceptions of Constantinople, and the representation of the travel experience in images and in written accounts. Sources used to illuminate these four aspects include descriptions of journeys, pilot books, bilingual word lists, shipwrecks, monastic documents, but as the opening paper shows the range of such sources can be far wider than generally supposed. The contributors highlight road and travel conditions for horses and humans, types of ships and speed of sea journeys, the nature of trade in the Mediterranean, the continuity of pilgrimage to the Holy Land, attitudes toward travel. Patterns of communication in the Mediterranean are revealed through distribution of ceramic finds, letter collections, and the spread of the plague. Together, these papers make a notable contribution to our understanding both of the evidence for travel, and of the realities and perceptions of communications in the Byzantine world. Travel in the Byzantine World is volume 10 in the series published by Ashgate/Variorum on behalf of the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies.