Szöllősi János: Bizánc és a Balkán : integrációs tényezők, stratégiák, struktúrák = Byzantium and the Balkans: integrating factors, strategies and structures. In: Belvedere Meridionale, (26) 1. pp. 48-60. (2014)
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Abstract
The author of this paper intends to give an overall picture about the particular relationship of the Eastern Roman Empire with the Balkans. Th e peoples of the Balkan were very rapidly assimilated into the ‘Byzantine Commonwealth’. Th is extraordinary term denotes an extraordinary concept of Dimitri Obolensky, a Russian-born historian and Byzantinist. It signifi es a supranational structure with religion (liturgy and church organization), culture (language and literacy), recognition of the emperor’s political supremacy (to varying degrees) and a kind of early medieval ‘cosmopolitism’ as cohesive powers. In other words, the peoples of the Balkan were receptive to imperial infl uences. However, the early period was a real dark age in the history of the Balkans: between the 5th and the 8th centuries the Huns and Avars invaded from the steppe and destroyed the former Roman heritage. Th e Slavic tribes arrived in the 6th and 7th centuries, later the Onogur Bulgars or ‘proto-Bulgarians’ settled in the region at the end of 7th century. Consequently, Byzantium lost these provinces. Th ese were unsettled times for the Basileia Romaion’s as well. Th e pacifi cation of these peoples was a complicated task, but the slow and consistent application of the ‘divide et impera’ policy and the development in the 9th century (the rule of Michael III and the Macedonian dynasty) had their eff ects. Th e expeditions, the regained domination over the Balkans, the ‘Hellenization’ of the Peloponnesian Slavs, the ‘remorse’ of the Serbs and the assimilation of the Bulgarian population were some consequences of the ‘Pax Byzantina’. Th e events of the 10th century generated new dimensions in the international connections, but this era was not an integrating period, it was rather the war between the Empire and the new powerful Bulgaria and the baptism of new nations in the region. Th e present essay focuses on the wide network of examples and analogies which is of course a fragment of the impressive entire structure. In his work, the author has relied on the most important volumes of this topic and on various interesting, but slightly forgotten studies.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Heading title: | Tanulmányok = Studies; Bizánc és öröksége : egy ortodox világ nyomában |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Belvedere Meridionale |
| Date: | 2014 |
| Volume: | 26 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Page Range: | pp. 48-60 |
| Language: | Hungarian, English |
| Publisher: | Belvedere Meridionale |
| Place of Publication: | Szeged |
| Related URLs: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/37374/ |
| DOI: | 10.14232/belv.2014.1.3 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bizánc |
| Additional Information: | Bibliogr.: 60. p. és a lábjegyzetekben ; összefoglalás angol nyelven |
| Subjects: | 06. Humanities 06. Humanities > 06.01. History and archaeology |
| Date Deposited: | 2016. Oct. 17. 10:37 |
| Last Modified: | 2025. Jul. 04. 13:46 |
| URI: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/31912 |
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