The Byzantine Emperor and Byzantine Heritage in Southeastern Europe (7th-13th centuries). Remarks on the Imperial Role in Processes of Acculturation
Апстракт
The complex and diversified Byzantine heritage is one of the key elements of both the past and the present in the region of South-east Europe. Beyond the administrative framework of the Empire it emerged as a result of processes of acculturation and appropriation of Byzantine models, in which the Byzantine emperors played a significant role, particularly through support of the Church in gradual processes of evangelization and Christianisation of the “new peoples”, from the 7th century onwards. However, in the process of the establishment of ecclesiastical organisation among the Bulgarians and the Serbs the emperors relied upon Greek and Latin-speaking bishops and administration, and not on the model of Slavonic church culture and organisation. The appearance and dissemination of the legacy of Cyril and Methodius and their disciples in the Bulgarian and Serbian state organisms as important media for the import of Byzantine cultural patterns and the subsequent creation of a Byzantine her...itage, was not the work of imperial Byzantine policy, but rather the indirect result of the failure of the mission of Cyril and Methodius in Moravia and the acceptant policies of first Bulgarian and then Serbian rulers who embraced that tradition. The convergent processes of acceptance of the fundamental elements of Byzantine political theory and the ambition to establish independent ecclesiastical organisations among the Bulgarians and the Serbs took place, more often than not, against the resistance and more rarely with the acquiescence of Byzantine actors (between unilateral and consensual appropriation), proceeding at different rhythms, and taking on different characters. Both, however, were stabilized in the critical period following the Fourth Crusade (1204) with the imperial decisions on the creation of autocephalous Churches in the territory of the Serbian kingdom (1219) and the Bulgarian empire (1235) which established the processes of acculturation of Byzantine models on a firm foundation, supported as they were by the activity of the local lay authorities. This also changed the framework in which, over the ensuing epoch, the influence of the emperors was to manifest in the formation of the Byzantine heritage beyond the boundaries of the Empire itself.
Кључне речи:
Byzantine heritage / Byzantine emperor / acculturation / appropriation / Church autocephalyИзвор:
Études byzantines et post-byzantines, n.s.Byzantine Heritages in South-Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period, 2022, 4 (11), 21-36Издавач:
- Bucarest : Académie roumaine. Institut d'études sud-est européennes. Société roumaine d'études byzantines
- Heidelberg : Herlo Verlag UG
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Министарство науке, технолошког развоја и иновација Републике Србије, институционално финансирање - 200171 (Византолошки институт САНУ, Београд) (RS-MESTD-inst-2020-200171)
Институција/група
Византолошки институт САНУ / Institute for Byzantine Studies SASATY - CHAP AU - Pirivatrić, Srđan PY - 2022 UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/15926 AB - The complex and diversified Byzantine heritage is one of the key elements of both the past and the present in the region of South-east Europe. Beyond the administrative framework of the Empire it emerged as a result of processes of acculturation and appropriation of Byzantine models, in which the Byzantine emperors played a significant role, particularly through support of the Church in gradual processes of evangelization and Christianisation of the “new peoples”, from the 7th century onwards. However, in the process of the establishment of ecclesiastical organisation among the Bulgarians and the Serbs the emperors relied upon Greek and Latin-speaking bishops and administration, and not on the model of Slavonic church culture and organisation. The appearance and dissemination of the legacy of Cyril and Methodius and their disciples in the Bulgarian and Serbian state organisms as important media for the import of Byzantine cultural patterns and the subsequent creation of a Byzantine heritage, was not the work of imperial Byzantine policy, but rather the indirect result of the failure of the mission of Cyril and Methodius in Moravia and the acceptant policies of first Bulgarian and then Serbian rulers who embraced that tradition. The convergent processes of acceptance of the fundamental elements of Byzantine political theory and the ambition to establish independent ecclesiastical organisations among the Bulgarians and the Serbs took place, more often than not, against the resistance and more rarely with the acquiescence of Byzantine actors (between unilateral and consensual appropriation), proceeding at different rhythms, and taking on different characters. Both, however, were stabilized in the critical period following the Fourth Crusade (1204) with the imperial decisions on the creation of autocephalous Churches in the territory of the Serbian kingdom (1219) and the Bulgarian empire (1235) which established the processes of acculturation of Byzantine models on a firm foundation, supported as they were by the activity of the local lay authorities. This also changed the framework in which, over the ensuing epoch, the influence of the emperors was to manifest in the formation of the Byzantine heritage beyond the boundaries of the Empire itself. PB - Bucarest : Académie roumaine. Institut d'études sud-est européennes. Société roumaine d'études byzantines PB - Heidelberg : Herlo Verlag UG T2 - Études byzantines et post-byzantines, n.s.Byzantine Heritages in South-Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period T1 - The Byzantine Emperor and Byzantine Heritage in Southeastern Europe (7th-13th centuries). Remarks on the Imperial Role in Processes of Acculturation SP - 21 EP - 36 VL - 4 (11) UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_15926 ER -
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Pirivatrić, S.. (2022). The Byzantine Emperor and Byzantine Heritage in Southeastern Europe (7th-13th centuries). Remarks on the Imperial Role in Processes of Acculturation. in Études byzantines et post-byzantines, n.s.Byzantine Heritages in South-Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period Bucarest : Académie roumaine. Institut d'études sud-est européennes. Société roumaine d'études byzantines., 4 (11), 21-36. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_15926
Pirivatrić S. The Byzantine Emperor and Byzantine Heritage in Southeastern Europe (7th-13th centuries). Remarks on the Imperial Role in Processes of Acculturation. in Études byzantines et post-byzantines, n.s.Byzantine Heritages in South-Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. 2022;4 (11):21-36. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_15926 .
Pirivatrić, Srđan, "The Byzantine Emperor and Byzantine Heritage in Southeastern Europe (7th-13th centuries). Remarks on the Imperial Role in Processes of Acculturation" in Études byzantines et post-byzantines, n.s.Byzantine Heritages in South-Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period, 4 (11) (2022):21-36, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_15926 .