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Inspiration for a mob of angry white men? Richard T. Nowitz/Getty Images

March 4, 2021

Why white supremacists and QAnon enthusiasts are obsessed – but very wrong – about the Byzantine Empire

Roland Betancourt, University of California, Irvine

Long overlooked in the West, the Byzantine Empire has recently picked up interest among far-right and conspiracist circles. A historian of medieval culture explains what white supremacists get wrong.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been described as a Byzantine Emperor in style, positioning Russia as the “third Rome.” In western history books, on the other hand, the Bzyantine Empire is all but ignored, pointing as it does to the east. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

March 15, 2018

The Byzantine history of Putin’s Russian empire

Theodore Christou, Queen's University, Ontario

Russian president Vladimir Putin draws upon the imperial symbols of the Byzantine Empire to position Russia as the “third Rome.” Meanwhile, Byzantium is erased by western history books.

Hailed as “Mother of the Emperor”, Danelis goes to Constantinople to meet with Emperor Basil I. From wikimedia

August 30, 2017

A Byzantine ancestor to same-sex marriage?

Mark Masterson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

The medieval Byzantine Empire might hold some lessons about tolerance and same-sex marriage.

January 17, 2017

Trumpus Andronicus? What the Byzantine Empire can tell us about the rise of populist leaders

Maximilian Lau, Hitotsubashi University

There is an era that lends itself rather closer than the tired Nazi comparisons of Donald Trump. And it may have a far more useful message for us today.

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