Browsing by Keywords "Byzantine"
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“And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heaven and to everything that creeps on the earth”: animals in Byzantium
(Bilkent University, 2022-05)This thesis examines the relationship between the Byzantines and animals (in particular small ones like worms and bees) in terms of practical, socio-economic, and religious terms mainly using the written sources ... -
Late Byzantine ships and shipping, 1204-1453
(Bilkent University, 2006)This study has aimed to investigate the problem of interpreting the nature and influence of Byzantine ships and shipping in the later Middle ages. Maritime transport activities and ships or shipbuilding of the Byzantines ... -
A life on top : a survey of stylite saints
(Bilkent University, 2003)This thesis presents the available information about the stylite saints who lived during the Byzantine period within the borders of modern Turkey. Stylites are Christian ascetics who lived on top of columns. There are over ... -
Winter in the land of Rum : Komnenian defenses against the Turks in Western Anatolia
(Bilkent University, 2015)Castles constitute the most abundant group of Byzantine remains in Anatolia, and offer historians and archaeologists the opportunity to more fully understand both Byzantine settlement patterns and defensive systems through ...
