Sergei Pavlovich Karpov

Sergei Pavlovich Karpov

Sergei Pawlowitsch Karpow ( Russian Сергей Павлович Карпов ; born January 1, 1948 in Stavropol ) is a Russian historian specializing in Medieval and Byzantine studies .

biography

Karpov studied in Moscow, where he graduated from Lomonosov University (MGU) in 1971 with a degree in history. In 1974 he received his doctorate with a dissertation on the Trapezunt Empire . 1977-78 he continued his studies with the help of a research grant at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice .

In addition, he worked from 1974 as an assistant, later as a lecturer at the MGU; Since 1989 he has been professor of Byzantine history there, since 1995 dean of the Faculty of History and helped to set up the Center for Black Sea Research under his direction.

Karpow published essays in various languages ​​as well as some monographs on the history of the Black Sea in the Middle Ages , most of which are based on sources from Northern Italian archives. He is considered to be one of the key experts in this field, as evidenced by the translation of some of his publications into Western European languages.

Publications (in Western European languages; selection)

Monographs

• L 'Impero di Trebisonda Venezia, Genova e Roma. 1204-1461; rapporti politici, diplomatici e commerciali . Roma: Veltro Ed., 1986.
• La navigazione veneziana nel Mar Nero XIII-XV sec.Ravenna : Edizioni del Girasole, 2000.

Essays

• "The Empire of Trebizond and Venice in 1374-76 (a chrysobull redated)", in ̉'Αρχείον Πόντου 35 (1978), pp. 290-298.
• "New documents on the relations between the Latins and the local populations in the Black Sea Area (1392-1462)", in Dumbarton Oaks Papers 49 (1995), pp. 33-41.
• "On the origin of Medieval Tana", in Byzantinoslavica. Revue internationale des études byzantines 56 (1995), pp. 227-235.
• "Génois et byzantins face à la crise de Tana 1343 d'après les documents d'archives inédits", in Byzantinische Forschungen 22 (1996), pp. 33-42.
• "Orthodox Christians in Italian-Tartar surrounding. New archival evidences on rich and poor in Venetian Tana, XIVth-XVth centuries", in: Maltezou, Chryssa A. (ed.): Simposio internazionale. Ricchi e Poveri nella società dell'oriente grecolatina . Venice: Helleniko Institouto Vyzantinon kai Metavyzantinon Spoudon, 1998 (Biblioteca dell'istituto ellenico di studi bizantini e postbizantini di Venezia, 19), pp. 453-472.
• "Le comptoir de Tana comme center des rapports économiques de Byzance avec la Horde d'Or aux XIIIe-XVe siècles", in Byzantinische Forschungen 25 (1999), pp. 181-188.
• "Venezia e Genova: rivalità e collaborazione a Trebisonda e Tana, secoli XIII-XV", in: Puncuh, Dino; Ortalli, Gherardo (ed.): Genova, Venezia, il Levante nei secoli XII-XIV. Atti del convegno internazionale di studi Genova - Venezia, 10-14 March 2000 . Venice 2001 (Atti della Società ligure di storia patria ns, 41 = 115/1), pp. 257-272.
• "I Genovesi nel Mar Nero: alti magistrati di Caffa fronte alle accuse", in: Comuni e memoria storica: alle origini del comune di Genova; atti del Convegno di studi, Genova, 24-26 September 2001 . Genova 2002 (Atti della Società ligure di storia patria ns, XLII, 1), pp. 583-593.

Web links

• Sergei Pavlovich Karpov .  Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .