Romuald Larcis @rommact

Nicaea reconstruction is online at nicaea.byzantium1200.com/index.html

Notre crise "grecque" a commencé. L'inflation due à l'achat de produits énergétiques importés a pour conséquence que le niveau de vie chute pour la deuxième année consécutive, un fait sans précédent depuis des décennies. Résultat : les achats de consommation des ménages, premier moteur de la croissance française, chutent. D'où baisse des ventes, hausse du chômage. Par ailleurs, la nécessaire réduction des dépenses publiques se traduit par une chute supplémentaire du niveau de vie. Quand l'État diminue les remboursements médicaux ; les allocations chômage ; quand il n'empêche pas la chute du niveau de vie de ses agents, c'est bien sûr le niveau de vie qui chute. Pendant ce temps-là, la charge de la dette s'accroît de plus de 10 milliards d'euros par an. On est donc dans la pire configuration possible. Le PIB chute. La dette publique s'accroît. Donc le ratio Dette publique / PIB augmente. Ce qui accroît le déficit public, par hausse de la charge d'intérêt. D'où nouvelle hausse de la dette. D'où nouvelles réductions des dépenses publiques. Et donc nouvelles chutes du niveau de vie. Et donc de la consommation. Et donc du PIB. Tout cela est de la macro-économie basique. C'est ce qui s'est passé en Grèce. C'est ce qui se passe lors de tous les ajustements budgétaires. Et cette mécanique infernale, purement "conjoncturelle", omet d'autres facteurs, "structurels" eux, comme l'évolution du climat, qui ont pour effet de diminuer eux aussi le niveau de vie moyen. Car ça coûte cher, de climatiser. Et, surtout, nous le faisons avec des machines importées. Les 4 facteurs de croissance de toute économie sont : - la consommation, effectuée par les ménages - les dépenses publiques, effectuées par l'État - les investissements, effectués par les entreprises (et par les ménages lors de l'achat de logements - et uniquement dans ce cas) - les exportations, lorsqu'une personne ou une entreprise vivant à l'étranger achète des trucs fabriqués en France (ou lorsqu'une touriste américaine vient visiter Maubeuge) Sur ces 4 moteurs de la 🚀 France, 3 sont à l'arrêt.

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He survived years of war against the Ottoman Empire and became one of Wallachia's most powerful rulers. But after losing his throne, he was handed over to his enemies, who turned his execution into a gruesome warning for every prince in the Balkans. Constantin Brâncoveanu ruled Wallachia from 1688 to 1714, navigating the dangerous politics between the Ottoman Empire, the Habsburg monarchy, and Russian Empire. A skilled diplomat and generous patron of culture, he strengthened monasteries, sponsored schools, and accumulated immense wealth. For more than twenty-five years, he successfully balanced the ambitions of Europe's greatest powers. Eventually, suspicion caught up with him. Ottoman officials accused Brâncoveanu of secretly negotiating with both Austria and Russia while remaining an Ottoman vassal. Whether he truly intended to abandon Ottoman rule remains debated, but Ahmed III no longer trusted him. In 1714, the prince was arrested along with his wife, four sons, and his trusted adviser Ianache Văcărescu. The entire family was transported in chains to Constantinople. For months they were imprisoned, interrogated, and pressured to surrender their fortune and embrace Islam. According to contemporary accounts, Brâncoveanu refused. On August 15, 1714—his sixtieth birthday—the prisoners were brought before a large crowd outside the imperial palace. The Ottoman authorities presented the prince and his sons with a final choice: convert to Islam and live, or remain Christians and die. Brâncoveanu reportedly urged his sons to remain steadfast. One by one, the executioner beheaded his four sons before their father's eyes. Finally, Constantin Brâncoveanu himself knelt before the executioner. A single stroke ended the life of the prince who had ruled Wallachia for a quarter of a century. Their bodies were thrown into the Bosporus before later being recovered by Christian sympathizers for burial. The executions shocked Europe. Rather than being remembered as traitors, Brâncoveanu and his sons became enduring symbols of faith and sacrifice. In 1992, the Romanian Orthodox Church formally canonized Constantin Brâncoveanu, his four sons, and Ianache Văcărescu as martyrs. The irony is unforgettable. For decades, Brâncoveanu survived by carefully balancing rival empires through diplomacy instead of war. In the end, it was not a battlefield defeat that destroyed him—but the suspicion that he had become too independent to be trusted. History remembers Constantin Brâncoveanu not merely as the Prince of Wallachia—but as the ruler who watched his sons die before facing the executioner's sword himself. #archaeohistories

I Le discours tenu par les « biens pensants » du gouvernement et des éditorialistes des médias sur le travail et les français commençant à me chauffer le foie, la rate et tutti quanti, petit #Fil ou #Thread pour remettre les choses au point (@pascalperri)

@GerardAraud C’est précisément la raison qui nous manque dans les informations habituelles concernant les relations internationales, ce qui rend votre compte précieux !

Cachée depuis des siècles dans le clocher d'une église de Transylvanie, une bibliothèque médiévale oubliée a été mise au jour, révélant des trésors datant du IXe siècle : medievalists.net/2024/11/lost-m…

The Basileus is back!! Extremely rarely - or not published at all, I think depictions of Greek prophecies from the 16th century! The Basileus before and during his victorious entrance back to Heptalophos (Seven-Hills) City, the usual adjective for Constantinople, especially in Greek prophetic texts. The below striking works are among the illuminations produced by the great Cretan painter Georgios Klontzas, who was born less than eight decades after the Fall of the City. More on Klontzas and the prophetic texts soon...

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Nikolaos Maurokordatos (1670 – 1730) was a great figure of early modern Hellenism, known for his long tenure as Prince (Voivode) of Wallachia and Moldavia where among other he reinforced the Greek cultural influence in the principalities, introducing Byzantine court models and language, establishing monasteries such as the renowned Văcăreşti and the Church of Stavropoleos. But he was not only that. He excelled as a writer, with some of his works being the 'Peri kathekonton', the novel 'Philotheou Parerga', the essay against tobacco 'Peri Nikotianes' etc. We have seen it everywhere we are looking at...either we are talking about a half-illiterate Greek monk, a teacher in Ioannina, or a Phanariot Prince in Moldowallachia, the agony of the Greeks was the same. The deeply rooted belief of a glorious past and an endangering present. The vision of preserving Greek paideia and its subsequent spread, the dream of an educated Greek youth that will fulfill the Genos' destiny. This is the Greek ideology, unchanged for centuries, and long before the commonly called Rise of Nationalisms in the 19th century. Below some thoughts by the Prince: "Χειροῦνται δ’ Ἑλλήνων γένη, μεγάλαις εὐκλείαις αἰῶνα τὸν πάλαι περιβαλόντα, οἷς καὶ μέχρι τοῦδε ἐναπέμεινεν ἴχνη οὐ πάμπαν ἐξίτηλα ἀρχαίας μεγαλοψυχίας καὶ ἀγχινόιας· ... ... καὶ οὐδ’ ἡ Ἑλλάς, ὅμως, παντάπασιν ἔρημος καταλελείπται ἀνδρῶν τε σοφῶν καὶ βιβλίων, ἀλλ’ εἶχε καὶ οὐ διέλιπε περιθάλπουσα λείψανα ἀρχαίας πολυτελείας. Καὶ ἐν τῇ παρούσῃ δ’ ἐσχατίᾳ τοῦ χρόνου ἔνιοι ἀτρύτῳ φιλοπονίᾳ νύκτωρ τε καὶ μεθ’ ἡμέραν ἀνελίττουσι τὰ τε Ἑλλήνων, καὶ ὅποσα τῇ Λατίνων, καὶ Ἀράβων καὶ Περσῶν, Ἰταλῶν τε καὶ Γάλλων φωνῇ εὐφυῶς συντεθῆται." "The races of the Greeks are in decline, though they once surrounded their era with great glories, and even to this day, traces of their ancient greatness of spirit and sharpness of mind have not entirely faded." "Yet Greece has not been entirely abandoned by wise men and books; it has preserved, and continues to preserve, remnants of its ancient grandeur. Even in this present extremity of time, some, with tireless diligence, by night and day, unfold the works of the Greeks, as well as those composed in the tongues of the Latins, Arabs, Persians, Italians, and French."

L'abandon du stylo au profit des ordinateurs portables et des tablettes a profondément modifié notre façon de penser lorsque nous écrivons. Selon des recherches récentes de l'Université norvégienne des sciences et des technologies, les mouvements délicats et minutieusement contrôlés de l'#écriture manuscrite activent des schémas cérébraux propices à l'apprentissage, une activation qu'on ne retrouve pas avec l'usage d'un clavier. Même lorsque l'#ordinateur portable n'est utilisé que pour la prise de notes, il nuit à l'apprentissage en favorisant un traitement moins approfondi de l'information. Trois études ont montré que les étudiants utilisant un ordinateur portable pour prendre des notes obtenaient des résultats inférieurs aux questions conceptuelles par rapport à ceux qui écrivaient à la main. Sources : Juillet 2020 – « L'importance de l'écriture cursive par rapport à la dactylographie pour l'apprentissage en classe : une étude EEG à haute densité sur des enfants de 12 ans et des jeunes adultes. » frontiersin.org/journals/psych… Octobre 2024 – « Ère numérique : voici pourquoi il faut continuer d'écrire à la main. Qu’il s’agisse d’améliorer la concentration ou de stimuler les voies cognitives, l’écriture manuscrite offre des bénéfices neurologiques que n’apporte pas la technologie moderne. » nationalgeographic.fr/sciences/memoi…

Je lis beaucoup l’affirmation péremptoire que l’action envisagée par quelques extrême-zinzins pour le caractère soi-disant blasphématoire de la cérémonie d’ouverture ne saurait aboutir car, je cite « le blasphème n’existe pas en droit français. » 🧵 ⤵️

I Andrei Belousov vient d’être nommé Ministre de la Défense. C’est une nomination importante à la fois du fait de l’homme mais aussi pour ce que cela signifie politiquement. #Fil ou #Thread sur ce sujet.

332. Les Balkans sans les clichés, avec Jean-Arnault Dérens. Un beau podcast avec @andreloez pour @parolesdhist. On parle des Balkans en 100 questions avec @LoGeslin @Ed_Tallandier mais aussi de Balkans. Odyssée villes-portraits @ens_editions parolesdhistoire.fr/index.php/2024…

The Order of the Dragon was a monarchical chivalric order from the Holy Roman Empire. It was charged to defend the cross and fight the enemies of Christianity, primarily the Ottoman Empire. Here is the story of these Imperial Knights and their order, a thread.🧵

🧵Je suis professeur certifiée de SES depuis 12 ans. Ce métier, j'en ai rêvé depuis que j'ai 15 ans. Alors je me suis défoncée pour obtenir mes masters et mon concours. J'obtiens tout du premier coup, je suis fière de moi, j'ai tout donné pour réaliser mon rêve.

The Fall of Constantinople in 1453 depicted in frescoes on the exterior of the Bucovina/ Northern Moldavia painted churches: from above down- Moldovita (1530s), Arbore (1500s), Humor (1530s). These are some of the most important extant images of that historic watershed moment.

One of many fortified churches in Transylvania, built by Transylvanian Saxons between the 13th and 16th century. 🇷🇴

It’s amazing to me that the Roman Empire survived in the post-1204 geopolitical situation. It was not a given that the Empire could survive the fracturing which occurred. Theodore Laskaris did great to unify Western Asia Minor into a viable last bastion of Roman imperial rule. Laskaris had to transform himself “from an Anatolian lord to a rebuilder of the Byzantine state.” He secured the support of the Anatolian elites, both in major cities and the large land owners. He convinced them he would fight for their interests. As Emperor he bestowed titles upon them to secure their support, and recognized their rights to hold their lands and wealth. The problems were plentiful, mainly that there were now rival Latin states looking to crush him, Seljuk Turks sensing weakness, and other Romans who wanted to carve out their own realms. There were others who dreamed of putting the Empire back in order. There was of course the Despotate of Epirus, a distant but serious competitor, and Trebizond which had rebelled before Constantinople fell. Perhaps more immediate and less popularly known concerns were the holdings of Theodore Mangaphas and Sabbas Asidenos. They held lands in western Anatolia, on the upper map corresponding roughly to what is labeled the “Empire of Philadelphia” and Phrygia. Laskaris convinced them he could protect them from the Latins and incorporated them back in the Empire. This was a major accomplishment, Nicaea would have struggled to militarily force them to join them. “Mangaphas surrendered his lordship over Philadelphia peacefully, while his family remained well-off proprietors in the city and its environs. Asidenos’ lordship was absorbed before April 1214 through a marriage alliance that made him an in-law of the elder Theodore Laskaris. Asidenos was granted the court title of sebastokrator in a document dated March 24, 1216...Theodore kept inviting prominent men of the 12th century elite to help him in the re-establishment of the imperial government. In return he promised religious political and religious freedom from the Latins.” Theodore Laskaris welcomed Roman refugees and encouraged Balkan elites from families such as the Palaiologoi and Kantakouzenoi to come to his realm. Even the Patriarchate eventually relocated to Nicaea. The “generals and civil officials who relocated to Asia Minor brought much needed expertise” from the former administration of Constantinople to a small Roman state in Anatolia surrounded by danger. Source: The Byzantine Hellene by Dimiter Angelov

Cher Raphaël Glucksmann - François Ruffin francoisruffin.fr/cher-raphael-g…

Some basiliken (imperial) advice on how we should debate, by Manuel II Palaiologos: - Do not interrupt one who has begun speaking. #greekparliament - Do not accuse someone for their words. - Do not repeat things already said by the others, but add or subtract from these words. - Do not speak about consequences before the heart of the actual matter has been agreed upon. - Do not engage in conversations, but rather state plainly what you think. - Do not repeat what has been confirmed. - Do not offer another piece of advice before the advice being offered at the moment is finished. - Μὴ ἀνακόπτειν ἀρξάμενον. - Μὴ μέμφεσθαι περὶ λέξιν. - Μὴ λέγειν τὰ παρ’ ἄλλων λεχθέντα ἀλλὰ προστιθέναι ἢ ἀφαιρεῖν. - Μὴ λέγειν περὶ τῶν ἐπομένων πρὸ τοῦ τὴν καθόλου δόξαν στερχθῆναι. - Μὴ διαλέγεσθαι πρὸς πρόσωπον ἀλλὰ ἁπλῶς λέγειν τὰ δοκοῦντα. - Μὴ πολυπλασίαξειν τὸ κυρωθέν. - Μὴ λέγειν ἑτέραν βουλὴν πρὸ τοῦ τήν λαληθεῖσαν λαβεῖν τέλος. Source: Manuel II Palaiologos (1350–1425), A Byzantine Emperor in a Time of Tumult. Siren Çelik, 2021.