Byzantines

AvAveril Cameron

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

Del 16 i serien Peoples of Europe

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Winner of the 2006 John D. Criticos PrizeThis book introduces the reader to the complex history, ethnicity, and identity of the Byzantines. This volume brings Byzantium – often misconstrued as a vanished successor to the classical world – to the forefront of European historyDeconstructs stereotypes surrounding ByzantiumBeautifully illustrated with photographs and maps

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-12-22
Mått:160 x 236 x 23 mm
Vikt:572 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Peoples of Europe
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9780631202622
Utmärkelser:Winner of John D. Criticos Prize 2006 (UK)

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Averil Cameron is Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine History at Oxford and the Warden of Keble College, and was recently awarded a DBE. Her publications include Changing Cultures in Early Byzantium (1996) and Eusebius, Life of Constantine (ed. with Stuart G. Hall, 1999), and she is a co-editor of volumes XII, XIII and XIV of the Cambridge Ancient History.

Recensioner i media

"The B.yzantines is a welcome addition to the renewal of Byzantine Studies in contemporary academia." (Canadian Journal of History, winter 2009) "Seeks consistently to place Byzantium in Context and to make the reader question fundamental preconceptions about the Byzantine empire." (Anglo-Hellenic Review)

Innehållsförteckning

Figures. Maps.Preface.Abbreviations.Acknowledgements.1. What was Byzantium?.2. The changing shape of Byzantium: from late antiquity to the tenth century.3. The changing shape of Byzantium: from the tenth century to 1453.4. The Byzantine mirage.5. Ruling the Byzantine state.6. An orthodox society?.7. How people lived.8. Education and culture.9. Byzantium and Europe.10. Byzantium and the Mediterranean.Conclusion.Chronology.References.Index