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in Ideology Proceedings оf the 9th International Symposium on Byzantine and Medieval Studies “Days of Justinian I”, Skopje, 12-14 November, 2021, ed. M. PANOV, Skopje, 2022
The aim of this study is to present how much the Georgians, who lived either inside or outside th... more The aim of this study is to present how much the Georgians, who lived either inside or outside the Byzantine Empire, resist the process of «romanization», a procedure to which the non-Greek speaking people were subdued as they were thought to be the «vassals» of the Eastern Roman Empire. The time period which I study is the second half of the 10th century until the first half of the 11th century. The presentation of the aforementioned situation is divided in two parts. In the first part, I analyze the relations between the Georgian rulers and the Byzantine emperors and how these were affected by the ideological and expansionistic claims of the Georgians. As a result of my first analysis I proceed by focusing on the study of the titles which the Georgian rulers used to define their authority, because through them they expressed in an indirect way their claims against the Byzantine Empire. Furthermore, I present the cases of aristocrats who lived in the Roman Empire and did not get culturally integrated into the Roman cultural environment. The second part of my study is dedicated to the different ways which provoked the ideological resistance affected by the religious Georgian context. Finally, I present and analyze the case of the Iviron monastery at Mount Athos and how this Georgian monastic community preserved its cultural background in direct contrast to that of the rest of the monastic communities.
in Ideology Proceedings оf the 9th International Symposium on Byzantine and Medieval Studies “Days of Justinian I”, Skopje, 12-14 November, 2021, ed. M. PANOV, Skopje, 2022
The aim of this study is to present how much the Georgians, who lived either inside or outside th... more The aim of this study is to present how much the Georgians, who lived either inside or outside the Byzantine Empire, resist the process of «romanization», a procedure to which the non-Greek speaking people were subdued as they were thought to be the «vassals» of the Eastern Roman Empire. The time period which I study is the second half of the 10th century until the first half of the 11th century. The presentation of the aforementioned situation is divided in two parts. In the first part, I analyze the relations between the Georgian rulers and the Byzantine emperors and how these were affected by the ideological and expansionistic claims of the Georgians. As a result of my first analysis I proceed by focusing on the study of the titles which the Georgian rulers used to define their authority, because through them they expressed in an indirect way their claims against the Byzantine Empire. Furthermore, I present the cases of aristocrats who lived in the Roman Empire and did not get culturally integrated into the Roman cultural environment. The second part of my study is dedicated to the different ways which provoked the ideological resistance affected by the religious Georgian context. Finally, I present and analyze the case of the Iviron monastery at Mount Athos and how this Georgian monastic community preserved its cultural background in direct contrast to that of the rest of the monastic communities.