Background
Obolensky, Dimitri was born on April 1, 1918 in Petrograd, Russia. Arrived in England, 1937. Son of Prince Dimitri and Mary (Shuvalov) Obolensky.
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Throughout much of the Middle Ages, Eastern Europe-the Balkans, Russia, Rumania and the land on either side of the Danube--was affected by Byzantine political and cultural influence. From the barbarian invasions to the Middle Ages, this is an illuminating read that demystifies the Balkans.
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The essays which comprise this book aim to identify and discuss aspects of the Byzantium heritage, whose principal beneficiaries were the Greeks, the Slavs and, most prominently, Russia. These 12 studies divide into three groups: the first is concerned with general aspects of Slavo-Byzantine relations; the second deals with the specific features of the acculturation process; and the third, which includes among others "Russia's Byzantine Heritage" is concerned with the contacts between Byzantium and medieval Russia.
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A collection of biographies, this book tells the story of six outstanding men--four of them acknowledged saints--who lived between the 9th and 16th centuries in East Europe and, by birth, profession, or personal circumstances, belonged simultaneously to the Greek and Slav worlds. From Clement of Ohrid, Theophylact of Ohrid, and Vladimir Monomakh, to Sava Nemanjic, Cyprian, and Maximos the Greek, Obolensky's portraits provide rich insight into the diverse cosmopolitan world of Eastern Europe, the role these men played in the history of the Byzantine cultural commonwealth, and the contribution they made to European history.
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Obolensky, Dimitri was born on April 1, 1918 in Petrograd, Russia. Arrived in England, 1937. Son of Prince Dimitri and Mary (Shuvalov) Obolensky.
Bachelor, University Cambridge, England, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cambridge, England, 1943. Master of Arts, University Cambridge, England, 1944.
Doctor of Letters, Oxford University. Doctor (honorary), University Paris, Sorbonne, 1980. Doctor (honorary), University Birmingham, 1988.
Doctor (honorary), University Sofia, Bulgaria, 1989.
Lecturer, Trinity College Cambridge. University Lecturer in Slavonic Studies 1946. Fellow, Trinity College Cambridge 1942-1948.
Reader in Russian and Balkan Medieval History, University of Oxford 61, Professor, of Russian and Balkan History 1961-1985, Professor Emeritus since 1985. Student of Christ Church, Oxford 1950-1985. Visiting Scholar (Fellow), Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies, Harvard University 1952, 1964, 1977, 1981-1982.
Visiting Professor, at other United States universities etc. Fellow, Society of Antiquaries. Correspondent.
(A collection of biographies, this book tells the story of...)
(The essays which comprise this book aim to identify and d...)
( Throughout much of the Middle Ages, Eastern Europe-the ...)
(Great reference book about the Byzantine Empire)
Author: The Bogomlis, 1948, The Byzantine Commonwealth, 1961, Byzantium and the Slavs, 1961, The Byzantine Inheritancé of Eastern Europe, 1982, Six Byzantine Portraits, 1988.
Fellow British Academy, Society Antiquarians, Royal History Society. Member Academy Athens (correspondent), Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (foreign), American Philosophical Society (foreign), Russian Academy of Sciences Clubs: Athenaeum (London).
Married Elizabeth Lopukhin 1947 (divorced in 1988).