The Acta Thessaliae represents a comprehensive collection and analysis of historical documents from Thessaly, covering a period of four centuries. These documents include a variety of chrysobulls, patriarchal sigillia, official texts, legal contracts, and personal correspondence, providing valuable insights into the social, political, and economic life in the region during the 12th – 16th c….
N. Iorga, alongside C. Litzica and D. Russo, through their earliest studies on Procopius, were among the most deserving for the evaluation of different approaches, segments, and perspectives of Byzantine Studies at the beginning of the 20th century. Since our research interest is closely related to the detailed philological study of toponyms in the panegyric…
In searching for medieval Pelagonia and Bitola, in addition to the archaeological research findings and the study of medieval written sources, we can obtain new information through sigillography. Situated on the junction of Via Egnatia road there was the Roman colony of Septimia Aurelia, Heracleia Lyncestis. On the northeast side there is the medieval town…
The Fourth Crusade (1204) funded by the Republic of Venice with the support of other Latin States had as its main interest conquering Constantinople to manage market and political issues in the East and West. The establishment of a new Latin Empire (1204-1261) on the ground of Byzantium was not without consequences. As a result,…
In den letzten Jahrzehnten des 13. Jahrhunderts begann die kontinuierliche Expansion Serbiens in das byzantinische Mazedonien. Die Eroberungszüge der Könige Stefan Uros II. Milutin, Stefan Uros III. (Decanski) und Stefan Dusan („Kaiser der Serben und Griechen“ ab 1346) aus der Nemanjiden-Dynastie resultierten Mitte des 14. Jahrhunderts mit der politischen Kontrolle des ganzen Großraums, die noch…