Book Project by Maria Alessia Rossi, Princeton University and Alice Isabella Sullivan, Tufts University 

Overview

Routledge Handbook of Byzantium and the Danube Regions (13th–16th centuries) aims to broaden and nuance knowledge about Byzantium by looking at its rich history, art, culture, and heritage in relation to, and from the point of view of, its northern neighbors. Between the 13th century and the decades after the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the predominantly Orthodox regions of the Balkan Peninsula and the Carpathian Mountains developed at the intersection of different traditions, among them Latin, Greek, Slavic, and Islamic. Yet Byzantium and its cultural legacy and spiritual power offered some of the most influential artistic, literary, religious, and political models to be used and adapted locally. This collection of essays—covering history, archaeology, literature, art history, architecture, material culture, and theology—allows for an in depth examination of the visual and cultural production of the Danube regions between local traditions, the Byzantine heritage, and cultural forms adopted from other models, while challenging established perceptions of what constitutes Byzantine and post-Byzantine artistic and cultural production. The volume is under contract with Routledge (to be published in 2022).