拜占庭文化的特征

Basic Characteristics of Byzantine Culture

拜占庭文化具有鲜明的继承性、开放性和传承性,它在地中海世界漫长的中世纪期间,以特殊的方式对古典希腊罗马文明进行保护,为这份珍贵的文化遗产披上了基督教的外衣,并将其中诸多内容融合到拜占庭生活方式中。正是拜占庭人的努力,使得古典文化得到比较完整的传承。而拜占庭人也形成了特色鲜明的文化体系,对周边各个民族群体特别是斯拉夫人产生了巨大而深刻的影响,对于东欧世界的形成也发挥了奠基性的作用。直到拜占庭帝国末期,拜占庭知识分子在救国无望的情况下,积极向意大利人文主义者传授古典学问,推动文艺复兴运动的开展。拜占庭文化这种承上启下继往开来的作用值得研究。

Basic Characteristics of Byzantine culture include its inheritance from the classical Hellenic civilization and the Roman Empire and its tolerance of culture pluralism and its enlightenment in vast sea of darkness of East-Mediterranean during Medieval times,when different nomadic ethnic groups invaded into the Byzantine Empire.The Byzantines protected the ancient civilizations from destroying by the intrusions,and formed its culture system with plentiful content and unique feature.Byzantine culture deeply impacted on its neighbors including Slavonic people before the 10 th century,Arabian people before the 8th century,and Italian intellectuals of the Renaissance.