Spatialities of Byzantine Culture from the Human Body to the Universe

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""Space Matters!" claimed Doreen Massey and John Allen at the heart of the Spatial Turn developments (1984). Compensating a four-decades shortfall, this collective volume is the first reader in Byzantine spatial studies. It contextualizes the spatial turn in historical studies by means of interdisciplinary dialogue. An introduction offers an up-to-date state of the art. Twenty-nine case studies provide a wide range of different conceptualizations of space in Byzantine culture articulated in a single collection through a variety of topics and approaches. An afterword frames the future challenges of Byzantine spatial studies in a changing world where space is a claim and a precarious social value. Contributors are Ilias Anagnostakis, Alexander Beihammer, Helena Bodin, Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom, Bâeatrice Caseau Chevallier, Paolo Cesaretti, Michael J. Decker, Veronica della Dora, Rico Franses, Sauro Gelichi, Adam J. Goldwyn, Basema Hamarneh, Richard Hodges, Brad Hostetler, Adam Izdebski, Liz James, P. Nick Kardulias, Isabel Kimmelfield, Tonia Kiousopoulou, Johannes Koder, Derek Krueger, Tomasz Labuk, Maria Leontsini, Yulia Mantova, Charis Messis, Konstantinos Moustakas, Margaret Mullett, Ingela Nilsson, Robert G. Ousterhout, Georgios Pallis, Myrto Veikou, Joanita Vroom, David Westberg, and Enrico Zanini"-- Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements List of Figures Abbreviations Notes on Contributors (Byzantine) Space Matters! An Introduction Bibliography Part 1 The (Most) Private Space: The Human Body Editorial Note on Part 1 1 The Human Belly as a ‘Natural Symbol’: The Greek and Byzantine Anthropology of γαστήρ 1 Peeping into Darkness: γαστήρ in the Greek-Byzantine Tradition 2 Case Study No. 1: Γαστὴρ in the Byzantine Ascetic Tradition 3 Case Study No. 2: The Gnawing Teeth of γαστήρ/ὕστερα and the Gorgon’s Head 4 Case Study no. 3: Die Like Arius! 5 Case Study no. 4: The ‘Non-Ascetic’ Asceticism of the Drunken Monk Jacob 6 A Final Case Study: The Monstrous Body and the Disembowelment of a Usurper Bibliography 2 Crime et châtiment à Byzance: Le corps humain comme espace public 1 La διαπόμπευσις comme procédé exemplaire de spatialisation du corps Bibliographie 3 The World from Above: Divine Amphitheatres, Spiritual Watchtowers, and the Moral Spatialities of κατασκοπή 1 From Skopiai to Theatra Mundi 2 The Theatre of Creation 3 The Theatre of Salvation 4 Spiritual Watchtowers Bibliography 4 Space and Identity, a Located Negotiation: A Case Study on Mobile Bodies in Byzantine Hagiography 1 Mobility and Walking 2 Setting Boundaries Bibliography Part 2 Experienced Spaces: Human Bodies within Their Natural Environments Editorial Note on Part 2 5 Space-environment as Historical Actor in Byzantium 1 Space as Enabler: Pathogens 2 Space as Tele-Connector: Climatic Fluctuations 3 Space as Partner: Anthropogenic Ecosystems and Landscapes Bibliography 6 In the Shadow of Virgil: The Significance of Butrint’s Liminality in Deep Mediterranean History 1 Albanian Thanks to Lord Grey 2 The Butrint Foundation Project: Re-envisioning the Liminality of Butrint 3 Space and Time at Butrint: From the Bronze Age until Today 4 The Importance of Topography in Narrative Bibliography 7 At Home in Cappadocia: The Spatialities of a Byzantine Domestic Landscape 1 The Cappadocian House and Its Components 2 Living in the Landscape 3 Finding Comfort in Cappadocia Bibliography 8 A Byzantine Space Oddity: The Cultural Geography of Foodways and Cuisine in the Eastern Mediterranean (700–1500) 1 Spatial Dimensions of Byzantine Food Preservation and Storage 1.1 Athenian Pithoi 1.2 Pithoi in a Wider Context 2 The Spatial Dimensions of Byzantine Food Preparation with Heat 2.1 The First Level: “A Designated Space for Cooking” 2.2 The Second Level: “A Special Space for Cooking” 2.3 The Third Level: “A Specialized Space” for Cooking 3 The Spatial Dimensions of Byzantine Consumption 3.1 Changing Table Wares 3.2 Changing Eating Habits Bibliography 9 Space and Identity: Byzantine Conceptions of Geographic Belonging 1 Terms and Paraphrases for Identity 2 Identity and Space 3 Local Identity: The Patris 3.1 Polis and Politeuma 3.2 Chorion and Kome 3.3 Chora 4 Regional Identity 4.1 Klima 4.2 Epeiros 5 Supra-regional Identity 5.1 Oikoumene 5.2 Terms Related to Romania 5.3 Terms Related to Barbaroi 6 Soma and Space Bibliography Part 3 Anthropogenic Spaces: Byzantine Landscapes Editorial Note on Part 3 10 What Is a Byzantine Landscape? 1 Byzantine Views 2 Sacred and Religious Landscape 3 Contemporary Views 4 Space and Placemaking Bibliography 11 Adapting to the Cypriot Landscape: A Study of Medieval to Modern Occupation of the Malloura Valley 1 Theoretical Perspective 2 The Athienou Archaeological Project on Cyprus Bibliography 12 Constructing New Cities, Creating New Spatialities: An Ethnoarchaeological Experiment 1 Dara vs Littoria: A Bizarre or Useful Idea? 2 Circles in the Water: The Economic Impact of a New City’s Building Site 3 New Socio-economic Spatiality in the Surrounding Countryside 4 After the End: A New Micro-ecological Spatiality 5 Concluding Remarks: Evaluation of the Experiment Bibliography 13 ‘The Humility of the Desert’: The Symbolic and Cultural Landscapes of Egyptian Monasticism 1 Why Study the Cultural Landscape? Theoretical Models 2 The Physical Environment of the Cultural Landscape of Monasticism 3 The Anthropogenic Structures of the Cultural Landscape of Monasticism 4 The Things of the Cultural Landscape of Monasticism Bibliography 14 From the Ancient Demes to the Byzantine Villages: Transformations of the Landscape in the Countryside of Athens Bibliography Part 4 Empowered Spaces: Byzantine Territories Editorial Note on Part 4 15 L’inscription du pouvoir impérial dans l’espace urbain constantinopolitain à l’époque des Paléologues Bibliographie 16 Byzantine Notions of the Balkans: Symbolic, Territorial and Ethnic Conceptions of Space, Sixth to Ninth Centuries Bibliography 17 The Partitioned Space of the Byzantine Peloponnese: From History to Political and Mythical Exploitation Bibliography 18 Spatial Concepts and Administrative Structures in the Byzantine-Turkish Frontier of Twelfth-Century Asia Minor 1 Frontier Studies and Scholarly Debates on Byzantium’s Eastern Borderland 2 Ideological Expressions and Political Realities 3 The Main Sections of the Byzantine-Turkish Frontier 4 Conclusions Bibliography 19 The Other Than Self: Byzantium and the Venetian Identity 1 Water and Golden Forks 2 At the Dinner Table 3 Spolia, the Legacy of Byzantium and the Ancient World 4 Burials and Kinship Memories 5 Byzantine Venice? Bibliography Part 5 Performed Spaces: Spatialities of Cultural Practices Editorial Note on Part 5 20 Tents in Space, Space in Tents 1 Transformations 2 Identity and Community 3 Transitional and Unstable Space Bibliography 21 Variations on the Definition of Sacred Space from Eusebius of Caesarea to Balsamon Bibliography 22 “Dwelling Place and Palace”: The Theotokos as a “Living City” in Byzantine Hymns, Icons and Liturgical Practice 1 Sacred Space and Sacred Places—Hierotopy and Chora 2 Constantinople as Theotokoupolis 3 The Akathistos Hymn and Theotokia 4 Pokrov—The Protection of the Theotokos 5 Partaking in the Chοra Bibliography 23 The Development of Religious Topography at Constantinople in the Fourth to Seventh Centuries 1 Worship outside the Walls: Old Rome and New 2 Processional Liturgy 3 Protecting the City Bibliography 24 Mind the Gap: Mosaics on the Wall and the Space between Viewer and Viewed Bibliography Part 6 Imaginary Spaces: Byzantine Storyworlds Editorial Note on Part 6 25 The Phenomenology of Landscape in the Menologion of Basil ii Bibliography 26 Pachon’s Progressive Return: Figurativity, Framing and Movement in Historica Lausiaca 23 1 The Problem of ‘Intuitive’ Figurality 2 Pachon as a Lost Sheep 3 Mindsets as Determinants for Movement Frames Bibliography 27 Spaces Within, Spaces Beyond: Reassessing the Lives of the Holy Fools Symeon and Andrew (bhg 1677, 115z) 1 Spaces ‘Within’ 2 Spaces ‘Beyond’ 3 Inner ‘Space’ Bibliography 28 Textualization of Space and Travel in Middle Byzantine Hagiography 1 From the Seventh to the Tenth Century 2 The Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries Bibliography 29 The Visual Structure of Epigrams and the Experience of Byzantine Space: A Case Study on Reliquary Enkolpia of St Demetrios Bibliography Afterword: Byzantine Spacetime: A Rough Guide For Future Tourists to the Past 1 Byzantine Spacetime Travel Requires Physical Spacetime Travelling Devices 2 The Space We Explore Changed and Changes in Time 3 Our Disciplines of Historical Understanding Depend on Spatial Metaphors 4 Travel from Topography to Landscape Overlays Place with Meaning and Narrative 5 Beware the Byzantine Butterfly Effect Bibliography Index