Daria Morozova
University of Exeter, UK, Kyiv — Exeter.
ORCID ID 0000-0001-5646-2851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37627/2311-9489-25-2024-1.66-78
Keywords: Britain, Byzantium, Antiochian School, culturology, religion, Christianity, ecumenism, intercultural relations.
Abstract.
The author reviews literature from various fields of archaeology, history, and linguistics, trying to gather scattered information about contacts between Post-Roman Britain and late Roman Syria. Archaeology shows that a significant part of all imports to Britain in the 5th-7th centuries came from Byzantium and arrived on the Island in Syrian/ Cilician amphorae (both regions were closely intertwined economically, culturally and religiously). Based on these findings and numerous written sources, historians conclude that Syrian merchants played a leading role in trade between Byzantium and Britain. Isotopic studies of the Post-Roman burials in Wales confirm the presence of migrants from the eastern Mediterranean on the island. Linguistic studies of British manuscripts testify to their live contacts with the Byzantines — and specifically the Syrians. This consistent evidence of the long-term presence of Syrians in post-Roman Britain makes it possible to speak with confidence about cultural contacts between Christians of Britain and the Antiochian Church.
Authors Biography.
Daria Morozova, Doctor of Theology, University of Exeter, UK, Kyiv — Exeter.
morozovadaria@duh-i-litera.com
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Section: WORLD CULTURE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.