Das byzantinische Erbe der Serben

Byzantinische Argumente und Narrative in der serbischen Nationalbewegung (1780-1868)

by Andreas Groa

Book cover: Das byzantinische Erbe der Serben

Hardback (Published)

(December 2022)

ISBN: 9783884673607

Price: $42.00

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This study examines the significance of the Byzantine Orthodox heritage for the national movement of the Serbs in the 18th and 19th centuries. Based on contemporary historiographical works, newspaper articles, correspondence and laws, the monograph is dedicated to the use of the offer of surviving structures of the Byzantine Empire and its Church by Serbian nation-builders: The focus of the study is on ecclesiastical and secular actors from the narrow stratum of the Serbian educated and functional elite, who accessed and dealt with the Byzantine legacy to stage and legitimise rule, to consolidate their own identity and to justify certain political strategies.

  • By (author) Andreas Groa