Books by Ekaterini Mitsiou
The present volume contains the Proceedings of the workshop with the same title organised in 2014... more The present volume contains the Proceedings of the workshop with the same title organised in 2014 at the National Hellenic Research Foundation in Athens. It brings together scholars who work on the social position of women in different regions of the eastern Mediterranean in the Middle Ages . The volume is dedicated to the loving memory of E. Zachariadou and R. Macrides.
The edition of the Lembiotissa chartulary has been prepared by the late Paris Gounaridis. Accordi... more The edition of the Lembiotissa chartulary has been prepared by the late Paris Gounaridis. According to his wish, the National Hellenic Research Foundation has entrusted me with the task to prepare the edition for publication.
Mit Beschluss der philosophisch-historischen Klasse in der Sitzung vom 23. März 2006 wurde die Re... more Mit Beschluss der philosophisch-historischen Klasse in der Sitzung vom 23. März 2006 wurde die Reihe Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik in Veröffentlichungen zur Byzanzforschung umbenannt; die bisherige Zählung wird dabei fortgeführt.
Les conciles œcuméniques de Nicée, Constantinople et Chalcédoine ont fixé et promulgué des profes... more Les conciles œcuméniques de Nicée, Constantinople et Chalcédoine ont fixé et promulgué des professions de foi chrétiennes valables universellement. Pourtant, l’évolution de l’Église latine a conduit à modifier, avec le Filioque, un Symbole qui était tenu pour sacré et invariable par les Églises orientales. Dès lors, l’instrument même de la communion devient objet de discorde et de polémique, surtout quand il s’agit de formaliser l’Union des Églises. De la fin de la période byzantine jusqu’au XVIIIe siècle, les controverses qui en découlent donnent lieu à diverses professions de foi qui sont ici analysées. Certains chapitres proposent une approche collective des implications de l’Union sur l’expression du Credo, tant à Byzance, Kiev, Rome ou Paris, que chez les chrétiens arabes. D’autre part, une attention particulière a été portée à des cas individuels, ceux d’empereurs ou d’impératrices comme Jean V Paléologue et Théodora Paléologina, ou de patriarches comme Jean Bekkos, Cyrille Loukaris et Dosithée de Jérusalem. De nouvelles éditions critiques de ces textes figurent en annexe de plusieurs chapitres.
Special issue of the journal "Historicum", 2008, with the following contributions:
Christian Gast... more Special issue of the journal "Historicum", 2008, with the following contributions:
Christian Gastgeber, Das Patriarchatsregister von Konstantinopel der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek
Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, Die hauptstädtische Synode von Konstantinopel (Synodos endemusa). Zur Geschichte und Funktion einer zentralen Institution
der (spät)byzantinischen Kirche
Ekaterini Mitsiou, Aspekte der Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte des späten Byzanz in den Akten des Patriarchatsregisters
Christof Kraus, Ehe und Verlobung im Patriarchatsregister
Carolina Cupane, Magie und Zauberei im späten Byzanz im Lichte des Patriarchatsregister von Konstantinopel
Klaus-Peter Todt, Das ökumenische Patriarchat von Konstantinopel und die griechisch-orthodoxen (melkitischen) Patriarchate unter muslimischer Herrschaft
Mihailo Popovic and Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, Das Patriarchat von Konstantinopel und die Kirchen Bulgariens und Serbiens
vom 13. bis zum 15. Jh.
Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, Das Patriarchat von Konstantinopel
und die russischen Kirchen vom 13. bis zum 15. Jh. Ein Überblick zur Kirchenpolitik auf der Grundlage des Patriarchatsregisters
Sigismund of Luxembourg (1368–1437), king of Hungary, Roman German king and finally emperor of th... more Sigismund of Luxembourg (1368–1437), king of Hungary, Roman German king and finally emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, is not only a prominent figure of the late Middle Ages in “Catholic” Western Europe; always close were also his contacts with the “Orthodox World” in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. These contacts did not only include his crusade against the Ottomans, which failed at Nicopolis in 1396, but continued until the end of his reign. Particularly intensive were of course his relations with the two Orthodox Danubian principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, and with the Orthodox Christians living within the Kingdom of Hungary in Transylvania in large numbers. The studies combined in this volume try to illuminate this aspect of the activity of Sigismund, his diplomatic, military and church-political efforts to achieve unity, both between Eastern and Western Church and within the Western Church, and to organise the defense against the Ottoman expansion. Some contributions also show that Sigismund’s efforts arose the attention of his Byzantine contemporaries who mention him in various sources. Because of this interdisciplinary view from east to west and vice versa, the volume is of interest both for medieval studies directed at Western Europe as well as at Eastern Europe.
The special issue of the Journal "Historicum" was published parallel to the major exhibition "Byz... more The special issue of the Journal "Historicum" was published parallel to the major exhibition "Byzantium and the Golden Orient" on the Schallaburg in Lower Austria in 2012. It contains contributions by Christian Gastgeber, Sebastian Kolditz, Ekaterini Mitsiou, Mihailo St. Popovic and Johannes Preiser-Kapeller on various aspects of the relations between the Byzantine Empire and neighbouring polities and cultures from the 4th to the 15th century.
The reign of Matthias Corvinus (1458-1490) is regarded not only as a last heyday of the medieval ... more The reign of Matthias Corvinus (1458-1490) is regarded not only as a last heyday of the medieval Hungarian state, but marks a most turbulent period of transition from medieval to modern times for the whole of (East Central) Europe. The interests of Corvinus were directed both to the east, where tried to stop the advance of the Ottomans, who had taken Constantinople in 1453, and to the west, where he sought to unite Bohemia and the hereditary lands of the Habsburgs with Hungary in a first "Danube Monarchy". In addition, the king promoted art and culture, attracted Italian humanists and native scholars to his court and collected Latin and Greek manuscripts. These political and diplomatic aspects of the rule of Corvinus are highlighted in the contributions in this book the same way as the religious and cultural ones; also analysed are the representations of the king and his time in the western and eastern sources as well as in the historiography of the 19th and 20th century. Because of this interdisciplinary view from east to west and vice versa, the volume is of interest both for medieval studies directed at Western Europe as well as at Eastern Europe.
Contents:
Oliver Jens SCHMITT, Matthias Corvinus und Skanderbeg oder die jahrzehntelange Allianz der Häuser Hunyadi und Kastriota im Krieg mit den Osmanen
Alexandru SIMON, La «parentèle ottomane » des Hunyadi
Julia DÜCKER, Von Konfrontation und Kooperation – Matthias Corvinus und die Reichstage der Jahre 1479 bis 1481
Güneş IŞIKEL, Friendship and the principle of good neighbourhood between Bayezid II and Matthias Corvinus
Johannes PREISER-KAPELLER, Sive vincitur Hungaria … Das Osmanische Reich, das Königreich Ungarn und ihre Nachbarn in der Zeit des Matthias Corvinus im Machtvergleich im Urteil griechischer Quellen
Vasile RUS, Giovanni Corvino di Hunyad ed il monastero di Peri
Flavius SOLOMON, Vom Abendland zum Morgenland. Orthodoxe und Katholiken in der Moldau im Mittelalter
Dan Ioan MURESAN, Bessarion et l’Église de rite Byzantin du royaume de Hongrie (1463–1472)
Ioan Aurel POP, Les Roumains de Transylvanie et leurs privilèges accordés à l’époque de Mathias Corvin
Zsuzsanna ÖTVÖS, Some Remarks on a Humanist Vocabularium
Gyula MAYER, Zur Textgeschichte der Elegien des Janus Pannonius
Gábor BOLONYAI, Taddeo Ugoleto’s Marginal Notes on his Brand-new Crastonus Dictionary
András NÉMETH, The Mynas codex and the Bibliotheca Corviniana
Christian GASTGEBER, Griechische Corvinen. Additamenta
Gianluca MASI, Nuovi manoscritti corviniani a Firenze. Ancora su Mattia Corvino e gli archivi Fiorentini
Ekaterini MITSIOU, John Hunyadi and Matthias Corvinus in the Byzantine sources. With an excursus on the “Greek poem on the battle of Varna”
Mihailo POPOVIĆ, Reminiszenzen an König Matthias Corvinus in den Reiseberichten des Salomon Schweigger und Reinhold Lubenau
Ariadni MOUTAFIDOU, John Hunyadi and Matthias Corvinus in Modern Greek historiography
Florian KÜHRER, Die Pforten der Christenheit. Der Fall Konstantinopels und der Kampf gegen die Osmanen in den rumänischen Geschichtslehrbüchern 1942–2006
Index
Preserved in two Greek manuscripts of the Austrian National Library, the "Register of the Patriar... more Preserved in two Greek manuscripts of the Austrian National Library, the "Register of the Patriarchate of Constantinople" contains more than 800 documents, which were written between 1315 and 1402 by or for the Patriarchate and the Synod of Bishops of Constantinople; it is one of the most important sources for the religious, political and social history of the Byzantine Empire in the last centuries of its existence. In 2009, an international congress assembled experts from Austria and abroad in Vienna, who illuminated various aspects of these texts from the perspectives of palaeography, codicology, church history, law, social and economic history, and history of diplomacy. The contributions collected in this volume (in German, English and French) open a new view on the medieval Patriarchate of Constantinople and its Register, but also in general on the continued significance of the Byzantine Empire as a spiritual centre in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and in the entire Mediterranean in an era in which its political power was already shrunk dramatically a few decades before the conquest by the Ottomans in 1453. Thus, the volume is of great interest both for experts from the field of Byzantine as well as Medieval Studies.
http://verlag.oeaw.ac.at/The-Regiser-of-the-Patriarachate-of-Constantinople.-An-Essential-Source-for-the-History-and-Church-of-Late-Byzantium
"Preserved in two Greek manuscripts of the Austrian National Library, the "Register of the Patria... more "Preserved in two Greek manuscripts of the Austrian National Library, the "Register of the Patriarchate of Constantinople" contains more than 800 documents, which were written between 1315 and 1402 by or for the Patriarchate and the Synod of Bishops of Constantinople; it is one of the most important sources for the religious, political and social history of the Byzantine Empire in the last centuries of its existence. In 2009, an international congress assembled experts from Austria and abroad in Vienna, who illuminated various aspects of these texts from the perspectives of palaeography, codicology, church history, law, social and economic history, and history of diplomacy. The contributions collected in this volume (in German, English and French) open a new view on the medieval Patriarchate of Constantinople and its Register, but also in general on the continued significance of the Byzantine Empire as a spiritual centre in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and in the entire Mediterranean in an era in which its political power was already shrunk dramatically a few decades before the conquest by the Ottomans in 1453. Thus, the volume is of great interest both for experts from the field of Byzantine as well as Medieval Studies
Matthias Corvinus und seine Zeit (=Matthias Corvinus and his Time)
The reign of Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490) is not only regarded as a last heyday of the medieval ... more The reign of Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490) is not only regarded as a last heyday of the medieval Hungarian state, but marks a most turbulent period of transition from medieval to modern times for the whole of (East Central) Europe. The interests of Corvinus were directed both to the East, where he tried to stop the advance of the Ottomans, who had taken Constantinople in 1453, and to the West, where he sought to unite Bohemia and the hereditary lands of the Habsburgs with Hungary in order to create a first "Danube Monarchy". In addition, the king promoted art and culture, attracted Italian humanists and native scholars to his court and collected Latin as well as Greek manuscripts. These political, diplomatic, religious and cultural aspects of the rule of Corvinus are highlighted in the contributions of this book; also analysed is the perception of the king and his time in western and eastern sources as well as in historiography of the 19th and 20th centuries. Focusing on Corvinus’ time from East to West and vice versa, the volume addresses both medieval studies on Western Europe as well as on Eastern Europe.
Emperor Sigismund and the Orthodox World
Sigismund of Luxembourg (1368-1437), king of Hungary, Roman German king and finally emperor of th... more Sigismund of Luxembourg (1368-1437), king of Hungary, Roman German king and finally emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, is not only a prominent figure of the late Middle Ages in "Catholic" Western Europe; always close were also his contacts with the "Orthodox World" in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. These contacts did not only include his crusade against the Ottomans, which failed at Nicopolis in 1396, but continued until the end of his reign. Particularly intensive were of course his relations with the two Orthodox Danubian principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, and with the Orthodox Christians living within the Kingdom of Hungary in Transylvania in large numbers. The studies combined in this volume try to illuminate this aspect of the activity of Sigismund, his diplomatic, military and church-political efforts to achieve unity, both between Eastern and Western Church and within the Western Church, and to organise the defense against the Ottoman expansion. Some contributions also show that Sigismund´s efforts arose the attention of his Byzantine contemporaries who mention him in various sources. Because of this interdisciplinary view from east to west and vice versa, the volume is of interest both for medieval studies directed at Western Europe as well as at Eastern Europe
Murder in Byzantium (in preparation)
This work aims at approaching murder in Byzantium from a criminological point of view and using i... more This work aims at approaching murder in Byzantium from a criminological point of view and using innovative methods and approaches.
Michael Autoreianos-+ s. Oikonomides, Cinq actes.
Papers by Ekaterini Mitsiou
SESSION 1 BYZANTIUM AND 13TH CENTURY PROSOPOGRAPHY Ekaterini Mitsiou | Austrian Academy of Scienc... more SESSION 1 BYZANTIUM AND 13TH CENTURY PROSOPOGRAPHY Ekaterini Mitsiou | Austrian Academy of Sciences/University of Vienna BRIDGING THE GAP: TOWARDS A PROSOPOGRAPHY OF THE LASCARID PERIOD (PLAS) The first half of the 13th century has attracted much attention as a transformative period for the Eastern Mediterranean. The capture of Constantinople (1204) changed the dynamics of the entire region through the formation of new states and socioeconomic changes within the former Byzantine territories. Three “Byzantine” states “in exile” emerged by members of the aristocracy, the “Empire of Trebizond”, the “State of Epirus” and the most successful among them, the “Empire of Nicaea” (12041261). In the historical discourse, the Nicaean Empire has been analysed in various ways. The most persistent method was the collection of the information given by written and material evidence and its presentation in a narrative. Despite its positive aspects, this traditional methodology does not suffice to an...
M. Breitenstein and G. Melville, Between community and seclusion: Defining the religious life in the South Asian traditions, in Buddhism, and in Eastern and Western Christianity (Vita regularis / Abhandlungen, 79). Berlin Münster , 2020
The spatial implications of Byzantine monasticism are still not fully explored. Deserts, forests,... more The spatial implications of Byzantine monasticism are still not fully explored. Deserts, forests, islands, mountains and cities sheltered monastic communities, while at the same time those places received ideological symbolisms and connotations. Urban and natural environment drew the attention of monastic founders for various reasons: some prioritised security, while others sought solitude and stillness. However, human presence always had a spatial impact upon landscapes. Pre-existing natural arrangements were transformed by human intervention through the construction of buildings and through the control upon natural resources (arable land, water supplies, forests, lakes and rivers). All foundations had to take into consideration the difficulties of the surrounding landscape and to adapt to the given spatial parameters, if they wanted to survive. In cities, these difficulties were often limitations of a dense urban syntax.
Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity (online) , 2018
The term "monastery" is primarily associated with male and female monasteries. The assertion is b... more The term "monastery" is primarily associated with male and female monasteries. The assertion is based on the popular image of Orthodox monasticism as strictly separated monastic communities. Also, the notion of ἄβατον/abaton ("non-accessible area") played a particular role in this perception. Eastern Orthodox monasticism, however, was more diverse regarding gender segregation. Testimony to this diversity is the double monasteries which presuppose that men and women belonged to the same monastic community.
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Books by Ekaterini Mitsiou
Christian Gastgeber, Das Patriarchatsregister von Konstantinopel der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek
Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, Die hauptstädtische Synode von Konstantinopel (Synodos endemusa). Zur Geschichte und Funktion einer zentralen Institution
der (spät)byzantinischen Kirche
Ekaterini Mitsiou, Aspekte der Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte des späten Byzanz in den Akten des Patriarchatsregisters
Christof Kraus, Ehe und Verlobung im Patriarchatsregister
Carolina Cupane, Magie und Zauberei im späten Byzanz im Lichte des Patriarchatsregister von Konstantinopel
Klaus-Peter Todt, Das ökumenische Patriarchat von Konstantinopel und die griechisch-orthodoxen (melkitischen) Patriarchate unter muslimischer Herrschaft
Mihailo Popovic and Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, Das Patriarchat von Konstantinopel und die Kirchen Bulgariens und Serbiens
vom 13. bis zum 15. Jh.
Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, Das Patriarchat von Konstantinopel
und die russischen Kirchen vom 13. bis zum 15. Jh. Ein Überblick zur Kirchenpolitik auf der Grundlage des Patriarchatsregisters
Contents:
Oliver Jens SCHMITT, Matthias Corvinus und Skanderbeg oder die jahrzehntelange Allianz der Häuser Hunyadi und Kastriota im Krieg mit den Osmanen
Alexandru SIMON, La «parentèle ottomane » des Hunyadi
Julia DÜCKER, Von Konfrontation und Kooperation – Matthias Corvinus und die Reichstage der Jahre 1479 bis 1481
Güneş IŞIKEL, Friendship and the principle of good neighbourhood between Bayezid II and Matthias Corvinus
Johannes PREISER-KAPELLER, Sive vincitur Hungaria … Das Osmanische Reich, das Königreich Ungarn und ihre Nachbarn in der Zeit des Matthias Corvinus im Machtvergleich im Urteil griechischer Quellen
Vasile RUS, Giovanni Corvino di Hunyad ed il monastero di Peri
Flavius SOLOMON, Vom Abendland zum Morgenland. Orthodoxe und Katholiken in der Moldau im Mittelalter
Dan Ioan MURESAN, Bessarion et l’Église de rite Byzantin du royaume de Hongrie (1463–1472)
Ioan Aurel POP, Les Roumains de Transylvanie et leurs privilèges accordés à l’époque de Mathias Corvin
Zsuzsanna ÖTVÖS, Some Remarks on a Humanist Vocabularium
Gyula MAYER, Zur Textgeschichte der Elegien des Janus Pannonius
Gábor BOLONYAI, Taddeo Ugoleto’s Marginal Notes on his Brand-new Crastonus Dictionary
András NÉMETH, The Mynas codex and the Bibliotheca Corviniana
Christian GASTGEBER, Griechische Corvinen. Additamenta
Gianluca MASI, Nuovi manoscritti corviniani a Firenze. Ancora su Mattia Corvino e gli archivi Fiorentini
Ekaterini MITSIOU, John Hunyadi and Matthias Corvinus in the Byzantine sources. With an excursus on the “Greek poem on the battle of Varna”
Mihailo POPOVIĆ, Reminiszenzen an König Matthias Corvinus in den Reiseberichten des Salomon Schweigger und Reinhold Lubenau
Ariadni MOUTAFIDOU, John Hunyadi and Matthias Corvinus in Modern Greek historiography
Florian KÜHRER, Die Pforten der Christenheit. Der Fall Konstantinopels und der Kampf gegen die Osmanen in den rumänischen Geschichtslehrbüchern 1942–2006
Index
http://verlag.oeaw.ac.at/The-Regiser-of-the-Patriarachate-of-Constantinople.-An-Essential-Source-for-the-History-and-Church-of-Late-Byzantium
Papers by Ekaterini Mitsiou