This volume places the satirical works of the Middle Byzantine period in a wider political and socio-cultural context, exploring not only their various forms but also their functions and meanings. The volume is divided into four parts.

This volume, which is the result of the range of interests in (mostly) non-English-speaking research communities, takes an important step to filling this gap by investigating the place and dimensions of ‘Byzantium after Byzantium’.

Przemyslaw Marciniak, Dion C. Smythe. First published 2016 by Ashgate Publishing Published 2016 by Routledge 2 Park ... przemysław marciniak and Dion c. smythe przemysław marciniak and Dion c. smythe have asserted their right under the ...

This is the first volume to explore the commentaries on ancient texts produced and circulating in Byzantium.

... Przemysław Marciniak and Katarzyna Warcaba have argued that it should be seen not as a poor imitation of Christopher of Mytilene, but rather as a skilful expression of rhetorical, narrative and ekphrastic strategies of the twelfth ...

... Przemysław Marciniak, 2023 Markéta Kulhánková, Przemysław Marciniak and Contributors have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as Editors of this work. For legal purposes the ...

... was the end of yesterday's horse race ... He [?] will narrate in detail to those on the spot ... 125 what is known to all people in the City. Przemysław Marciniak and Katarzyna Warcaba Przemysław Marciniak and Katarzyna Warcaba (20)

... Przemysław Marciniak, “Laughing Against All the Odds: Humour and Religion in Byzantium,” in Humour and Religion: Challenges and Ambiguities, eds. H. Geybels and W. Van Herck (London, 2011), pp. 141–55; Przemysław Marciniak, “The ...