Serbia and Byzantium

This volume is a collection of papers dealing with cross-cultural relations between Serbia and Byzantium during the Middle Ages. The book includes historical and art-historical case studies as well as critical reassessments of the modern historiography of medieval Serbia.

The papers assembled in this volume are devoted to various aspects of cross-cultural encounter between medieval Serbia and the Byzantine Empire. The volume includes case studies addressing art-historical, architectural and numismatic questions, as well as critical discussions of traditional historiographies which demonstrate the need for a reassessment of established scholarly opinions and methodologies. The volume aims at embedding medieval Serbia in a broader historical landscape beyond ideological boundaries.

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Contents: Slobodan Curcic: Architecture in Byzantium, Serbia and the Balkans Through the Lenses of Modern Historiography - Jelena Erdeljan: Studenica. A New Perspective? - Vujadin Ivanisevic: Serbian and Byzantine Coinage - Cedomila Marinkovic: Principles of the Representation of the Founder's (ktetor's) Architecture in Serbian Medieval and Byzantine Art - Vlada Stankovic: The Character and Nature of Byzantine Influence in Serbia (from the End of the Eleventh to the End of the Thirteenth Century): Reality - Policy - Ideology.