Monday, March 12, 2007

A Short History of Byzantium

Diavazontas to vivlio, egomio tou vyzantiou, tou syntiritikou John Norwich (to antipalo deos tou megalyterou polemiou tou vyzantiou Edward Gibbon) kataligeis sta exis symperasmata:

1) Oi Byzantinoi (idiaitera oi katoikoi tis Kon/polis) theorousan tous eaytous tous elliniki aytokratoria kai tous idious ellines

2) Oi perissoteroi aytokratores, oi opoioi den itan ellines kata kyrio logo, itan axiologoi me exairesi orismenes exaireseis

3) H dynami tis exousias pigazei apo ton lao, ton strato, tin ekklisia me seira proteraiotitas

4) O ekxristianismos den itan viaios se antithesi me tin eikonomaxia

5) Oi moamethanoi araves antimetopizontai os politismenoi axiosevastoi antipaloi

6) Oi fraggoi, tourkoi kai oi loipes moggolikes fyles theorountan varvaroi kai den vriskotan psila stin ektimisi ton byzantinon

7) H orthodxi ekklisia epetai tis katholikis toulaxiston se organosi

8) To byzantio parigage politismo pou syndyaze, ellinika, romaika xaraktiristika me ton mystikismo tis anatolis

9) H dysi kai o politismos ofeiloun polla sto byzantio

10) H katastrofi apo tous seltzoukous kai i mi prostasia tou byzantiou apo tous dytikous (pera apo tin genova kai venetia) theorountai katastrofika

11) sto vyzantio xrostame ton simerino tropo zois kai tin diatirisi toso tis ellinikis glossas oso kai ton latinikon

12) i megisti akmi tou vyzantiou einai epi vasileiou b' o opoios katestrepse tin aristokratia kai moirase ton plouto stous ftoxous

13) i alosi me ton epiko tropo pou parousiazetai tha mporouse xalara na ginei xolygountiani tainia

exontas diavasei kai gibbon anarotiemai pou mporei na vrisketai i alitheia (sigoura kapou endiamesa) kai an pote mporoume na kanoume istoria apallagmenoi apo prokatalipseis kai prosopika pisteyo (epikairo me ta kainourgia vivlia istorias)

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