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The ​Routledge Handbook of Byzantium and the Danube Regions (13th–16th c.) aims to broaden and nuance  knowledge about Byzantium by looking at its rich history, art, culture, and heritage in relation to, and from the  point of view of, its northern neighbors. Between the thirteenth century and the decades after the fall of  Constantinople in 1453, the predominantly Orthodox regions of the Balkan Peninsula and the Carpathian  Mountains developed at the intersection of different traditions, among them Latin, Greek, Slavic, and Islamic. Yet  Byzantium and its cultural legacy and spiritual power offered some of the most influential artistic, literary,  religious, and political models to be used and adapted locally. This collection of essays—covering history,  archaeology, literature, art history, architecture, material culture, and theology—allows for an in depth  examination of the visual and cultural production of the Danube regions between local traditions, the Byzantine  heritage, and cultural forms adopted from other models, while challenging established perceptions of what  constitutes Byzantine and post-Byzantine artistic and cultural production.