Byzantium as a Political Tool (1657–1952) : Nations,
Colonialism and Globalism

C 2023

Byzantium as a Political Tool (1657–1952) : Nations, Colonialism and Globalism

FOLETTI, Ivan and Adrien PALLADINO

Basic information

Original name

Byzantium as a Political Tool (1657–1952) : Nations, Colonialism and Globalism

Authors

FOLETTI, Ivan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Adrien PALLADINO (250 France, belonging to the institution)

Edition

London, Byzantium in the Popular Imagination : The Modern Reception of the Byzantine Empire, p. 45-66, 22 pp. Series: New Directions in Byzantine Studies, 2023

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

60401 Arts, Art history

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/23:00131437

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-0-7556-0728-0

Keywords in English

Manipulating the Past; Byzantium as a floating signifier; Colonialism; Imperialism; Louis XIV; Mehmed II; Du Cange; Russo-Byzantine style; Alexander II

Abstract

V originále

The goal of this article is to focus on one of the possible lines for analyzing ‘Byzantium’ as a political tool throughout the centuries. Its starting point will be what is most likely the first explicit use of the dissolved Empire of Constantinople to promote coeval politics, during the reign of Louis XIV. The end point of our account will be the suppression of the Kondakov Institute in Prague, probably the most influential center for Byzantine studies, between the two World Wars. Our investigation will, however, not follow a chronological order. As suggested by the paper’s subtitle, we will try to analyze how the very notion of ‘Byzantium’ has been used by scholars and policymakers as a tool for promoting national, colonial, and ‘global’ constructions of the world.

Links

GF21-01706L, research and development project

Name: Kulturní dialogy v Jihokavkazském regionu ve středověku: historiografická a historicko-umělecká perspektiva (Acronym: CIMS)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Partner Agency (Switzerland)

Citovat

FOLETTI, Ivan and Adrien PALLADINO. Byzantium as a Political Tool (1657–1952) : Nations, Colonialism and Globalism. In Kulhánková, Markéta; Marciniak, Przemysław. Byzantium in the Popular Imagination : The Modern Reception of the Byzantine Empire. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023, p. 45-66. Series: New Directions in Byzantine Studies. ISBN 978-0-7556-0728-0.

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FOLETTI, Ivan and Adrien PALLADINO. Byzantium as a Political Tool (1657–1952) : Nations, Colonialism and Globalism. In Kulhánková, Markéta; Marciniak, Przemysław. \textit{Byzantium in the Popular Imagination : The Modern Reception of the Byzantine Empire}. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023, p.~45-66. Series: New Directions in Byzantine Studies. ISBN~978-0-7556-0728-0.

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