The Gallic Usurper Magnentius and Dalmatian Cavalry in 350 A.D.: on the treatment of evidence of Byzantine Historian Zosimus (Zos. II. 42. 2 and 4)

Меkhamadiev, Е. А. Gall’skiy uzurpator Magnentsiy i dalmatskaya kavaleriya v 350 g.: K voprosu o traktovke svedeniy vizantiyskogo istorika Zosima (Zos. II. 42. 2 i 4) [The Gallic Usurper Magnentius and Dalmatian Cavalry in 350 A. D.: On the treatment of evidence of Byzantine Historian Zosimus (Zos. II. 42. 2 and 4)], in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2018. Vol. 4 (2). P. 28–49., in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2018. Vol. 4 (2). P. 2849.

Еvgeniy Аleksandrovich Меkhamadiev, doctor of History, senior lecturer, Institute of History, Saint-Petersburg State University (199034, Rossiya, Sankt-Petersburg, Mendeleevskaya liniya, 5)

Language: Russian

The present paper deals with the role and functions of mobile Dalmatian cavalry, which served in Illyricum (the regions across an upper and middle Danube), and also considers some frontier legions, which defended Rhine against barbarian assaults during the mid-4th century, more precisely, in 350. Having based on two passages of Byzantine historian Zosimus, the author considers some important aspects of Late Roman organization in the mid-4th century: 1) the reasons why Rhine frontier legions, including detachments of Ioviani and Herculiani, supported a revolt of Roman military officer Magnentius, who commanded over troops in Gaul; 2) participation of Dalmatian cavalry in the revolt of Magnentius and 3) military-political situation in Illyricum by 350 A. D., the relationships between Vetranio, a general, who commanded over troops in Illyricum, and the legal Emperor Constantius II. The author concludes that both Rhine frontier legions and Dalmatian cavalry, which served in Illyricum, were dissatisfied by the policy of Emperor Constantine I and his sons, because during his own reign Constantine I lowered the status (rank) of many of these detachments, he deprived them of their privileged and elite place in military hierarchy. The author concludes that Constantius II preferred to use a regional general Vetranio as a counterpart of Magnentius in order to manage a control over Dalmatian cavalry, Constantius II gave Vatranio a title of Augustus, and, as the author supposes, the so-called usurpation of Vetranio really was an intended and carefully planned operation of Constantius himself.

Key Words: Constantius II, Zosimus, legions, Dalmatian cavalry, Мagnentius, Gaul, usurpation, Illyricum

URL: http://proslogion.ru/42-mehamadiev/

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Z. V. Udaltsova as an organizer of the Soviet Byzantine studies (by 100-anniversary of the corresponding member of the Academy of sciences of the USSR Z. V. Udaltsova

Lebedeva, G. E., Piotrovskaya, E. K., Slyadz’, A. N. Z. V. Udaltsova kak organizator sovetskogo vizantinovedeniya (k 100-letiyu chlena-korrespondenta Akademii nauk SSSR Z. V. Udaltsovoj) [Z. V. Udaltsova as an organizer of the Soviet Byzantine studies (by 100-anniversary of the corresponding member of the Academy of sciences of the USSR Z. V. Udaltsova], in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2018. Vol. 4 (2). P. 927.

Galina Evgen’evna Lebedeva, Doctor of History, professor, Institute of History, St. Petersburg State University (199034, Rossiya, Sankt-Petersburg, Mendeleevskaya liniya, 5)

Elena Konstantinovna Piotrovskaya, Doctor of History, senior researcher, leading researcher, Scientific and historical archive and a group of source, Saint Petersburg Institute of History, Russian Academy of Sciences (197110, Rossiya, Sankt-Petersburg, Petrozavodskaya ulitsa, 7)

Andrey Nikolaevich Slyadz, doctor of History, additional education teacher, Saint Petersburg city Palace of youth creativity (191011, Rossiya, Sankt-Petersburg, Nevsky prospect, 39a)

Language: Russian

The article addresses the life of Russian Byzantine studies scholar Zinaida Vladimirovna Udatsova (1918–1987). Her life and academic activity show high professionalism, personal conscience and masterful and energetic tutoring. Since the end of the 1950s Z. V. Udaltsova headed the Soviet Byzantine studies for more than 30 years. She managed to raise the public prestige of Byzantine studies and contributed to its international image. Z. V. Udaltsova focused on the fundamental economic and socio-political questions of medieval history and of Byzantine history in particular. In addition to the monograph on the development of Soviet Byzantine studies, she also produced a number of works on particular Soviet Byzantinists. She paid much attention to the development of Soviet Byzantine studies, also contributing to setting their direction. Her academic heritage is an example of the construction of history work and of making it accessible to the large audience. Written in a lively language, the monographs of Z. V. Udalltsova helped and help the development of historical knowledge on the medieval history and in the history of Byzantium.

Key Words: Z. V. Udaltsova, historiography, Soviet Medieval studies, Soviet Byzantine studies, Byzantium, USSR

URL: http://proslogion.ru/42-lebedeva/

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IX Academic readings in tribute to O. A. Dobiash-Rozhdestvenskaya (1874–1939): Chronicle of conference

Gayvoronskiy, I. D.
IX Nauchnye chteniya pamyati O. A. Dobiash-Rozhdestvenskoy (1874–1939): Khronika konferentsii [IX Academic readings in tribute to O. A. Dobiash-Rozhdestvenskaya (1874–1939): Chronicle of conference], in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2019. Vol. 5 (1). P. 157161.

Igor Dmitrievich Gayvoronskiy, doctor of History, teacher of history, further education tutor, Federal Government-Funded Educational Institution Gymnasium No 66 (197348, Rossiya, Sankt-Peterburg, Aerodromnaya ulitsa, 11, korpus 2A)

Language: Russian

URL: http://proslogion.ru/51-gayworonskiy/

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A figure of the Escadron Volant: Renée de Rieux, baroness de Castellane

Christiaens, D., Chichkine, V. A figure of the Escadron Volant: Renée de Rieux, baroness de Castellane, in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2019. Vol. 5 (1). P. 144156.

Daniel Christian, member of the Editorial Committee, Academy of Sciences, Literature and Arts of Agen (9, Boulevard de la République, 47000, Agen, France)

Vladimir Vladimirovich Chichkine (Shishkin), associate Professor, Department of History of the Middle Ages, Saint-Petersburg State University (199034, Rossiya, Sankt-Peterburg, Mendeleevskaya liniya, 5)

Language: French

This publication of unknown documents from a private French collection touches upon the biography of an aristocrat of the time of Religious Wars, the court lady Renée de Rieux de Chateauneuf, Baroness de Castellane. Newly found original sources shed light on the unknown facts of the life of a famous French woman, who was admired by contemporaries, and whose traces are lost at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Key Words: Religious Wars, 16th century, the French court, Escadron Volant, Renée de Rieux de Chateauneuf

URL: http://proslogion.ru/51-shishkin/

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Neue Interpretation der Geschichte des französischen Königshofes im XVI. Jahrhundert. Rezension des Buches: Vladimir V. Chichkine: Francuzkij korolevskij dvor v XVI veke. Istorija instituta [Французский королевский двор в XVI в. История института]

Schwarcz, I. Neue Interpretation der Geschichte des französischen Königshofes im XVI. Jahrhundert. Rezension des Buches: Vladimir V. Chichkine: Francuzkij korolevskij dvor v XVI veke. Istorija instituta [Der französische Königshof im XVI. Jahrhundert. Die Geschichte der Institution], in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2019. Vol. 5 (1). P. 139143.

Iskra Schwarcz, PhD in history, professor, Universität Wien, Institut für Osteuropäische Geschichte (1090, Austria, Wien, Spitalgasse 2)

URL: http://proslogion.ru/51-shwarz/

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How did identities appear in the early Middle Ages? Review on the book «The making of the monastic community in Fulda c. 744–900» by J. Raimakers

Schmidt, G. A. Kak poyavlyalis’ identichnosti v rannem Srednevekov’e? Retsenziya na knigu «The making of the monastic community in Fulda c. 744–900» Ya. Raymakers [How did identities appear in the Early Middle Ages? Review on the book «The making of the monastic community in Fulda c. 744–900» by J. Raaijmakers], in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2019. Vol. 5 (1). P. 125138.

Gleb Aleksandrovich Schmidt, postrgraduate student, Université de Lorraine (57045, France, Metz cedex 01, UFR Sciences humaines et sociales, Ile du Saulcy, BP 60228)

Language: Russian

The review of Janneke Raaijmakers’ «The making of the monastic community in Fulda» summarizes methodological fundamentals as well as the most important results of this study, that deals with the development of monastic community of Fulda, one of the most influential and powerful religious institution in Frankish empire. Documented by a variety of narrative, documentary and archeological sources, the history of monastic community in Fulda allows understanding of a complex and continuous social process of creating and shaping group identity in this abbey, that makes Fulda thriving enterprise lasting over a thousand years. J. Raaijmakers argues that the construction of group identity was the result of conscious and never-ending work of Fulda’s abbots and community that was focused, primarily, on shaping common past and adapting it to the needs of current situation. According to her, the creation of different hagiographical texts, historical annals and common commemorative practices aimed to cope with progressing heterogeneity of the community by defining its place in the Christian world and its religious and cultural mission.

Key Words: Fulda, Carolingian, monastery, monasticism, ideology, collective identity

URL: http://proslogion.ru/51-schmidt/

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