Byzantino-Nordica 2004 00 : papers presented at the international symposium of Byzantine studies held on 7-11 May 2004 in Tartu, Estonia

The papers in this volume are presented in two sections: the first is for Byzantine studies proper (i.e. for papers discussing the authors, architecture, cultural or political history of Byzantium); the second contains papers about Byzantine, Patristic or Greek studies in Estonia. The two indexes include most of the personal and geographical names discussed or mentioned in the articles. Editors' preface and acknowledgements 7 Anne Lill: Byzantium and the Nordic countries. Preliminary remarks 9 Mikhail Bibikov: Byzantine sources for the history of Balticum and Scandinavia 12 Jan Olof Rosenqvist: Byzantine Trebizond - a provincial literary landscape 29 Markus Bogisch: Qalat Seman and Resafa/Sergiupolis - two early Byzantine pilgrimage centres in Northern Syria 52 Torstein Theodor Tollefsen: St. Maximus the Confessor, philosopher or theologian? 73 Karsten Fledelius: Church and state - in Byzantium and beyond 80 Janika Päll: Far away from Byzantium - pronunciation and orthography of Greek in the 17th century Estonia 86 Anne Lill: University of Tartu and Byzantine studies (the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century) 120 Ljudmila Dubjeva: V. E. Regel - Professor der allgemeinen Geschichte der Jurjewer (Tartuer) Universität in den Jahren 1913-1918 136 Kalle Kasemaa: Vom Übersetzen der patristischen Texte ins Estnische 158 Kaarina Rein: Modern Greek at the University of Tartu 163 Edited By Ivo Volt And Janika Päll. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Articles Chiefly In English, With 2 Articles In German.