Byzantine Influence
Published on Nov 19, 2015
Spread of Byzantine culture to Eastern Europe
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St. Cyril and St. Methodius
- Mission to the Slavs mid-9th century CE
- Developed Cyillic writing for Slavic language
- Education facilitated conversion to Orhtodox Christianity
The conversion of the Slavs to Orthodox Christianity was an outgrowth of the rivalry between Rome and Constantinople for supremacy in the Christian World that ultimately led to the Schism that split Christianity into Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox branches.
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Byzantium and Russia
Photo by Nick Kenrick.
Prince Vladimir of Kiev
- Kiev was the first large Russian State
- Prince Vladimir converted to Christianity in 989 CE
- Kiev served as center for the spread of Byzantine culture
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Byzantine art and architecture dominated Kiev
Onion domes were a fundamental design
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The Third Rome
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Russian Orthodox Church
- Russian princes gain control of Orthodox Church
- Byzantine influence spread further north
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Moscow
- By the 11th century CE Russian culture flourished
- Moscow became a center of Russian culture
- Sent out its own missionaries
- Claimed to be the "Third Rome" after Rome and Byzantium
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