- identifying the relation of the History of Byzantium with other theological disciplines and its complementarity with the other disciplines of the historical Theology;
- general study of the major milestones in the History of Byzantium;
- analyzing the principles and methods of the discipline.

The Medieval History of the World.

1. The Isaurian Emperors and the iconoclastic crisis. The first phase of iconoclasm.
2. The Isaurian Emperors and the iconoclastic crisis. The second phase of iconoclasm.
3. The Macedonian Dynasty - a new period of progress in the history of Byzantium.
4. The decline of the XI-th century. The Great Schism (1054).
5. The Byzantine Empire during the Comnenes (1081-1204).
6. Byzantium and the first Crusades.
7. Byzantium at the end of the XII-th century and the beginning of the XIII-th century.
8. The Latin Empire from Constantinople and the Greek states successors of the Byzantine Empire.
9. Byzantium in the second half of the XIII-th century and the first half of the XIV-th century.
10. The appearance of the Ottoman Turks. The Byzantine civil wars.
11. Byzantium and the Balkan states confronted with the Ottoman offensive.
12. The anti-Ottoman crusades and their failure. Attempts to religious union with Rome.
13. The fall of Constantinopleand its consequences.
14. Final discussions. Course evaluation.

lecture, conversation, exemplification.

- knowledge and appropriate use of specific notions Byzantine history;

- understanding and interpretation of the essential phenomena that customizes the Byzantine Empire among his contemporary political creations;

- the interpretation of the Byzantium phenomenon as a source of understanding of our national history.  

Written paper – 70%; continuous assessment – 30%.

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