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

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.

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

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Chapter(s) of a specialized book
• Field of Study: 60401 Arts, Art history
• Country of publisher: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: printed version "print"
• WWW: 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
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

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