We're very proud to announce our programme manager, Nik Matheou, has published his second co-edited volume! Exploring the relationship between the Italian peninsula and the East Roman ("Byzantine") world between the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the Fourth Crusade, Nik's chapter took a look at the phenomenon of Armenian officials and elites in the capital of the imperial South, Bari.
Here you have lots of evidence for Armenian speakers and churchmen, but a closer look reveals an interesting story of the emergence not of distinct ethnoreligious communities, but a distinct identity that crossed linguistic bounds - a story in which Armenian speakers took centre stage.
You can see images of the book here, and will be able to come and read the chapter in the copy kindly donated to our library. We also include images of a document from c.1000 witnessed in Greek, Latin and Armenian, as well as the typically Armenian architecture of S. Giorgio degli Armeni, built c.990.
