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49 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 2,443 Byzantine Studies and History papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • The study attempts to shed light on an insufficiently studied moment in the personal biography of Ivan Shishmanov, related to his visit in 1898 to Bishop Josip Juraj Štrossmayer in Dzhakovo.

    Memories of a Personal Meeting. Ivan Shishmanov on a Visit to the Bishop Josip Juraj Štrossmayer · 2025 · DOI

  • Thе detailed description of the manuscript is of great importance for the completion of the catalogue Bibliotheca Homiletica Balcano-Slavica, and it will bring to the scholarly attention many valuable, unknown, or little known, mostly translated, works, enhancing our understanding of the reception of Byzantine rhetoric in the South Slavonic Medieval milieu.

    Materials to the catalogue description of manuscripts excerpted for Bibliotheca Homiletica Balcano-Slavica. III. Triodion Panegyrikon from Hilandar Monastery N 390 · 2023 · DOI

  • In his introductory chapter, ‘Alexander I, the Russian Empire, and the “Sattelzeit” 1790–1830’, Jan Kusber suggests that the epoch ‘lacks a clear political character’, remains ‘highly underresearched’ (p.

    Kaplunovsky , Alexander Kusber , Jan Conrad , Benjamin The Enigmatic Tsar and His Empire: Russia under Alexander I. 1801â1825 (review) · 2021 · DOI

  • In view of the fact that the problem of the picaresque literature existence in the XVIII–XIX centuries has not yet been fully studied, such a study is considered to be a contemporary one.

    “WHO HAS EVER DECEIVED THE MOSKAL?”: THE POEM OF “THE AENEID” BY I. KOTLIAREVSKYI IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PICARESQUE LITERATURE · 2017 · DOI

  • However, although scholars have given substantial attention to the foundational contributions of national and pan-European perspectives to historical conceptions of the early Middle Ages,28 one perspective that has not been explored sufficiently up till now is that of colonial and postcolonial historiography and the ways in which Orientalism affected nineteenth- and twentieth-century perceptions of the birth of the European Middle Ages.

    The Enduring Attraction of the Pirenne Thesis · 2016 · DOI

  • The late Roman historian Keith Hopkins, whose ‘Taxes and Trade’ has come to be seen as a pivot point in the methodology of ancient historiography, was a master of combining otherwise weak generalizations — some derived from empirical study of limited evidence, some based upon the purely logical relationships of economic or sociological models — into what he called ‘wigwam’ arguments.

    The Antonine Plague, Climate Change and Local Violence in Roman Egypt · 2016 · DOI

  • It is likely that instead Justinian reinstated the post of the vicar of Thrace, who became a civil administrator over the part of the former Diocese of Thrace limited to the provinces of Europa, Haemimontus, Rhodopa and Thracia, a function which was probably more suited to overseeing construction undertakings conducted at the time in the Balkans.

    The Defence of the Long Walls of Thrace (Μακρά Τείχη τῆς Θρᾴκης) under Justinian the Great (527–565 A.D.) · 2012 · DOI

  • The Byzantine and Old Slavonic charters on the city of Melnik and its surrounding area for the period between 1216/1259 and 1395 have not been analysed so far according to the "Central Place Theory".

    Die siedlungsstruktur der region melnik in spatbyzantinischer und osmanischer zeit · 2010 · DOI

  • On the other hand, Akropolites' scarce information about Serbs is supplemented with his depiction of the Serbian king Uros (1243-1276), and his stance after the death of John Batatzes from the funerary oration to the same emperor, which has been completely overlooked by the scholars until now.

    Bulgaria and Serbia in the historical works of George Akropolites and George Pachymeres · 2009 · DOI

  • It is argued that Manuel Komnenos made a conscious effort to free himself from the influence of the prominent intellectuals with whom he could not establish satisfying cooperation or from whom he was unable to command sufficient political obedience, since there was a significant generational difference between them, which also led to a political differentiation between the men of the old regime, and Manuel, and his surroundings.

    A generation gap or political enmity?: Emperor Manuel Komnenos, Byzantine intellectuals and the struggle for domination in twelfth century Byzantium · 2007 · DOI

  • Little is known about the details of the alliance between Du{an and the regents in the period from August 1343 through the victory of Kantakouzenos in February 1347.

    Entering of Stefan Dusan into the Empire · 2007 · DOI

  • Despite considerable attention to his historical and archaeological works, the scholar’s numismatic activity remains insufficiently explored, which determines the relevance of this study.

    Volodymyr Antonovych as a Researcher of Ancient and Medieval Numismatics · 2026 · DOI

  • Despite a substantial body of research dedicated to Byzantine policies toward the Jewish population, the issue of the reverse perspective – namely, how Jews themselves perceived the empire and Christianity – remains insufficiently explored.

    The Image of «Edom» in the Writings and Liturgy of Byzantine Jews (5th–11th Centuries) · 2026 · DOI

  • The study employs historical source criticism and comparative analysis, as the available written sources, apart from the accounts of Leo the Deacon and John Skylitzes,contain very limited information on Byzantine intelligence in this conflict.

    Byzantine Intelligence in the Confrontation with the Bulgarian And Rus’-Varangian Forces (968–971) · 2026 · DOI

  • A theological study of this subject is inextricably linked to several important and still insufficiently explored aspects of the worldview of Paulicianism and Bogomilism.

    Dualistic Principles and Formulations in the Teachings of the Paulicians and Bogomils through the Eyes of Presbyter Cosmas and Euthymius Zigabenus · 2025 · DOI

  • Xiphilinos’ Epitome constitutes one of the most understudied Byzantine sources despite its great importance and role as a transmitter of the unpreserved parts of Cassius Dio’s Roman History.

    Reception of Cassius Dio’s Roman History in Pompey’s Chapter of John Xiphilinos' Epitome · 2023 · DOI

  • The series presents hitherto undescribed, unknown, or little known codices, all of which need some additional clarification of the information related to them.

    Materials to the catalogue description of manuscripts excerpted for Bibliotheca Homiletica Balcano-Slavica. III. Triodion Panegyrikon from Hilandar Monastery N 390 · 2023 · DOI

  • The relevance of the study of our subject is that the analysis of the descriptions of omens in medieval literature, including chronicles, is poorly researched by well-known historians and mediaevalists.

    Description of omens in the Chronicle of Novgorod · 2023 · DOI

  • The Old Bulgarian hagiographical collection of miracle stories, named A Tale of the Iron Cross, is relatively well known among the scholars, but a sufficient number of its details still has not been studied properly.

    Disease, Healing and Medical Knowledge in an Old Bulgarian Collection of Miracle Stories · 2022 · DOI

  • In any case, both the psychometric robustness of the questionnaire and the parental involvement for literacy should be further investigated taking into account the perspective of teachers and utilizing multimodal approaches.

    Διερεύνηση της εμπλοκής των γονέων σε σχέση με τον γραμματισμό των παιδιών προσχολικής ηλικίας στη βάση του μοντέλου των επικαλυπτόμενων σφαιρών επιρροής της Epstein · 2021 · DOI

  • Cavafy was a writer of the British Empire whose situation resembles that of other colonial writers and should be examined in that context, as well as in the light of the contradictory logic of Orientalism-Anglicism.

    Constantine Cavafy in the Colony: Hellenism at the Margins of Empire · 2021 · DOI

  • The text belongs to the little known in Early Slavic studies genre of exegesis (commentaries) on hymnography and is a part of a larger (and still unpublished) set of Old Church Slavonic hymnopgraphic commentaries compiled in Pre-Mongol Kievan Rus in the late 12th‒early 13th c.

    The Ruthenian Version of the Early Rus᾿ Exegesis on the Easter Canon and the Functioning of Ruthenian · 2020 · DOI

  • Not surprisingly, Byzantine authors – referring to passages in the Old and the New Testament – dealt mainly with eschatological (cosmic) time in relation to individual and collective identity, whereas the interest in the historical dimension of time was limited to authors of a small educated class.

    Time as a Dimension of Byzantine Identity · 2019 · DOI

  • While the factual side of his three missions to Moscow has been more or less covered by Czech, Austrian and especially Russian historians and primary sources, the aspects of symbolic communications between the two powers still remain unexplored.

    Three Missions of Niclas Warkotsch to Moscow in 1589-1594 in the Light of Russian Diplomatic Ritual · 2019 · DOI

  • Sufficient remains of the foundations of the Old and New Bouleuteria in Athens survive for us to reconstruct the buildings’ dimensions and floor plans, but we have limited evidence about the heights and materials of the walls and roof and the materials of interior surfaces.

    Facing the Challenges of Reconstructing Ancient Buildings · 2018 · DOI

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