???? Get to know our publishing house: https://radionaukowe.pl/wydawnictwo ???? Convenient book shopping: https://wydawnictwoRN.pl ???? Become a Patron: https://patronite.pl/radionaukowe ???? Support once: https://suppi.pl/radionaukowe ???? Listen on streaming: https://ffm.bio/radionaukowe ???? Subscribe: / @radionaukowe ???? Website: https://radionaukowe.pl ???? Facebook: / radionaukowe ???? Instagram: / radionaukowe ❌ Twitter: / radionaukowe ???? Visit LAMU: / @letniaakademiamlodychumyslow ???? See more: • Radio Naukowe recommends ???? Contact: [email protected] We have a problem with Byzantium in Poland. - Across the Polish-Polish war, everyone is beating Byzantium like a drum - says Dr. Andrzej Kompa, a Byzantinist, medievalist, vice-dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and History at the University of Lodz, on the Scientific Radio. And an extraordinary erudite. We met on the occasion of the book "Byzantium" by Peter Sarris (published by the University of Lodz), which Dr. Kompa translated. The scientist has an emotional attitude to the unfair image of Byzantium, to put it bluntly. He collects quotes from the press, statements by public figures who use the terms "Byzantium" and "Byzantine" as an insult suggesting excessive bureaucracy and waste of money. - Isn't it true that it was dripping with splendor? - I ask. - [In the times of its glory - KG] it was dripping with ceremony and gold, exactly as the Spain of Philip II, the England of Elizabeth I. And we could go on and on - notes Dr. Kompa. The aversion to Byzantium in Poland has another specific reason. - Certainly in the 19th century, but also in the interwar period, the intellectual and literary elite were still imbued with such assumptions that Byzantium is Russia, and Russia is Byzantium. Autocracy here, autocracy there. And therefore this aversion resulted from the misery on the part of the Russian Empire. Although in fact it was as improbable an assumption as, for example, that we would call the United States England - he compares. Meanwhile, Byzantium was not at all a 1000-year decline. - The Byzantines considered themselves Romans and considered their first emperor to be either Caesar or Augustus. (...) There was a time when Byzantium was the largest and most magnificent in this Eurasian world, in our part of Europe - emphasizes the scholar. This is particularly visible in the history of Constantinople. - It is a fascinating city. It develops and breathes, just as Byzantium develops when it can, it curls up in on itself when things are worse, but it has this potential for development. And there are many books in the world devoted to this emulation, this assumption that Constantinople is the new Rome. Because it was also important for theology. Constantinople and its bishop overtook the bishops of such important cities as Alexandria near Egypt or, for example, Antioch, in the order of precedence - reminds Dr. Kompa. In the podcast, we talk a lot about the role of Christianity in the Roman Empire, about the reasons for the division into East and West, about the schism, about the role of women, and also about why Byzantium survived when Rome fell. I highly recommend it! The episode was created in cooperation with the University of Lodz Publishing House, which publishes the series "A Short Introduction". The inspiration for the conversation is Peter Sarris's book "Byzantium": https://wydawnictwo.uni.lodz.pl/produ... *** ???? Preparing each episode takes many hours of work. If you liked this podcast - you can support it on Patronite. https://patronite.pl/radionaukowe Thanks! ???? WE RECOMMEND OTHER MATERIALS: • Radio Naukowe - All episodes • Physics • Biology • Astronomy • Psychology • Animals • Religion • History • History of life • Geography • Technology • Man • Culture • Medicine • Archaeology ???? Radio Naukowe - turn on knowledge! ???? #RadioNaukowe #KarolinaGłowacka #AndrzejKompa