Medieval Greek

The Greek language as used from about 800 to about 1500.

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Medieval Greek

(Languages) the Greek language from the 7th century ad to shortly after the sacking of Constantinople in 1204. Also called: Middle Greek or Byzantine Greek Compare Koine, Late Greek, Ancient Greek

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Me′die′val Greek′

the Greek language of c700–c1500. Abbr.: MGk

Also called Middle Greek.

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Medieval Greek - the Greek language from about 600 to 1200 AD

Byzantine Greek, Middle Greek

Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language - the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages

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Dusan Popovic contributes 'Discontinuity and Continuity of Byzantine Literary Tradition after the Crusaders' Capture of Constantinople: The Case of "Original" Byzantine Romances', and offers comparisons with medieval Greek romances since the Hellenic period.

The Balkans and the Byzantine World before and after the Captures of Constantinople, 1204 and 1453

Ta-lis-muh, derived via French or Spanish from Arabic tilsam, from Medieval Greek telesma.

Azza Fahmy's New Collection Salutes Talismans

Medievalists from Europe, North America, and Israel first address concepts and approaches--the impact of the oral theory on medieval studies, the interplay of orality and literacy, questions of performance and performers, oral poetics, and orality and ritual--then traditions and genres: Older Germanic poetry, medieval German literature, drama, the ballad, the epic and lyric, Middle English romance, the Old French chansons de geste, the Italian cantari, Romanian epic songs, Hispanic epic and ballad, medieval Greek and Russian epic, Arabic epic narrative, Persian and Turkish epic and romance, medieval Hebrew traditions, Irish narrative, woman's songs, the pastourelle, popular song, and Andalusi-Arabic strophic poetry.

Medieval Oral Literature

The name refers to the medieval Greek concept of the Roman oikoumene (inhabited world), which embraced Rome and western Europe as well as the "New Rome," Constantinople, and the Byzantine Empire with its Balkin Slavic commonwealth.

Mt. Sinai: Frontier Of Byzantium: (Voices of Byzantium: Medieval Byzantine Chant from Mt. Sinai)