The sublime objects of liminality’

The Byzantine insular-coastal koine and its administration in the passage from Late Antiquity to the early Middle Ages ( ca . 600– ca . 850)

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ID11933175
AuthorsLuca Zavagno (0000-0003-2450-3182, Bilkent University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume48
Issue1
Pages22-41
Publication date2024-03-08
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueByzantine and Modern Greek Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0307-0131 • E-ISSN: 1749-625X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/byz.2023.28
OpenAlexW4392597070
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

This paper focuses on the historical development and dynamics of political and administrative structures in regions of a fragmented empire that cannot be simply described as marginal ‘mouseholes’. Rather, it should be acknowledged that these spaces were part and parcel of a wider area (the Byzantine insular and coastal koine ) , which encompassed coastal areas as well as insular communities promoting socio-economic contact and cultural interchange. More importantly, they also boasted a peculiar set of material indicators suggesting a certain common cultural unity and identity. The koine coincided with liminal territories and the seas on which the Byzantine Empire retained political and naval rulership. Such liminal territories showed varied – yet coherent– administrative infrastructures and political practices on the part of local elites

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Byzantine architecture · Liminality · Literature · Middle Ages · Sublime · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Byzantine Studies and History · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History

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