Corinthian Matters

Category: Periods, Medieval

  • 2015 Publications in Corinthian Studies: Medieval-Modern Periods

    This fourth installment in a series of bibliographic reports for 2015 focuses on post-antique bibliography. Download the report as PDF here: CorinthianStudies_2015_Medieval-Modern The first three 2015 Bibliographic Reports: Prehistoric-Hellenistic Periods Roman-Late Antique Periods Judaism, Christianity, and New Testament Studies

  • The Long Lent

    The liturgical season of Lent begins today in the western Christian churches. If you don’t know what this is, Lent is a penitential season of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving that culminates in the celebration of Easter / Pascha. As far as liturgical seasons go, it’s a pretty old one that had emerged clearly by the council of Nicaea in AD…

  • A Companion to Latin Greece (Tsougarakis and Lock, eds)

    A Companion to Latin Greece, recently published by Brill, offers 11 essays that provide “an introduction to the study of Latin Greece and a sampler of the directions in which the field of research is moving.” Edited by Nickiphoros Tsougarakis and Peter Lock, the work surveys society, culture, and economy in Greece from the 12th to 14th century (with occasional forays beyonds).…

  • 2013-2014 Publications in Corinthian Studies: New Testament, Christianity, and Judaism

    This is the fourth and final post in a series of bibliographic releases of new Corinthian scholarship published or digitized in 2013-2014. See this post last last Monday for further information about the sources of this bibliography and instructions for accessing the Zotero database. For earlier releases, see these posts: Prehistoric-Hellenistic Periods Roman Period Byzantine-Modern…

  • 2013-2014 Publications in Corinthian Studies: Byzantine-Modern Periods

    This is the third in a series of bibliographic posts related to Corinthian scholarship published or digitized in 2013-2014: See Monday’s post for further information about the sources of this bibliography See  Tuesday’s post for Prehistoric-Hellenistic period See Wednesday’s post for the Roman era This list contains new scholarship broadly related to the Corinthia in the…

  • Corinthian Scholarship Monthly (December-February). Part 2

    Here is the second part to last week’s post about new scholarship in the last three months. You can find the full collection of articles and books related to Corinthian studies at the Corinthian Studies Zotero Page. If you don’t see URLs for articles and books below (they sometimes don’t transfer in the copy), visit…

  • Call for Papers: Byzantine Maritime Technology and Trade

    I was happy to see that the Medieval and Post-Medieval Archaeology Interest Group of the Archaeological Institute of America is (co-)sponsoring another session for next year’s annual meeting in New Orleans. Here are the details for submission. *********************************************************************** Proposed Colloquium Session for the 2015 AIA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Jan. 8-11, 2015 Sponsored by: AIA…

  • Corinthian Scholarship Monthly (December-February). Part 1

    With the end of last semester, holidays, and deadlines, I fell a bit behind on the Corinthian Scholarship Monthly posts. Yesterday I started to dig out, sift through emails, and find the gems in the bunch. This will be the first of two posts on new scholarship that went live in December to February. I’ll…

  • Exploring the Everyday of Frankish Corinth

    Dr. Evi Margaritis kindly sent me the following poster (“Exploring the Everyday of Frankish Corinth: Households under the Microscope”) presented at the Byzantium in Transition, 2nd International Workshop. The Middle-Late Byzantine Era, 12th-13th Centuries, held on Paros May 24-26, 2013. The poster presents Dr. Margaritis’ preliminary comments on her study of plant remains (figs, grapes,…

  • Medieval and Ottoman Portages

    Medieval episodes of portaging the Corinthian Isthmus are unsurprisingly scant. The only account cited with any frequency is the remarkable portage of Niketas Ooryphas’ in AD 872. The portage is disputed, but the historical records for the account are certain. Two other supposed medieval portages turn out to be dead ends. In an article titled…