Byzantinism

Byzantinism or Byzantism, is a term which refers to the political system of the Byzantine Empire as well as implementations of such or similar system outside of it. The Byzantine system was notable for being extremely bureaucratic, with it effectively being the most centralised state in medieval Europe. Byzantinism lived on despite the Byzantine's empire collapse, being adopted through the empire's spiritual succesors in the Balkans and to lesser extent in Russia,  Germany and  France.

Byzantine Empire
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Post-Byzantine Balkans
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Eastern Europe
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France
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Germany
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Criticism of the term 'Byzantinism'
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Administrationism
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Caesaropapism
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How to Draw
Byzantinism flag.svg
 * 1) Draw a ball.
 * 2) Fill it dark red.
 * 3) Add a gold cross in the middle.
 * 4) Draw 2 reversed B's on the top left and bottom left of the ball.
 * 5) Draw 2 B's on the top right and the bottom right of the ball.
 * 6) Add the eyes and you're done!

Texts

 * The Byzantine Commonwealth by Dmitri Obolensky

Wikipedia

 * Byzantinism
 * Byzantine bureaucracy and aristocracy
 * Byzantine Empire
 * Caesaropapism

Organizations

 * Byzantium Novum