The naming of Byzantium and the Old French Partonopeus de Blois
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11932770 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zuzana Černáková (0000-0002-6417-550X, Slovak Academy of Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 42-59 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-0131 • E-ISSN: 1749-625X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/byz.2018.24 |
| OpenAlex | W2927896100 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 23 |
This paper draws attention to the twelfth-century French romance Partonopeus de Blois and its author's original use of the name ‘Byzantium’ instead of conventional ‘Greek’ or ‘Constantinopolitan Empire’. It investigates roots of the modern-day belief that the term has been applied as a designation of the medieval state only since the sixteenth century. A linguistic and literary analysis challenges the premise and explores possible scenarios of the name's introduction into the Old French text. A suggested interpretation de-emphasizes the popular east-west ideological context in favour of simpler story-telling concerns
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Empire · Ideology · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Old French · Onomastics · Political science · Politics · Premise · Romance · State (computer science · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Computer Science · History · Law · Linguistics and language evolution · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2021 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |