Constantinople through the Ages

Diederik Burgersdijk, PhD (2010), is Lecturer in Classics at Utrecht University, and Research Fellow at Humboldt University in Berlin, specialized in the Later Roman Empire. He has published extensively on Latin Literature and Roman History, with a special interest in the Constantinian Era. Fokke Gerritsen, PhD (2001), holds positions at Leiden University (as Netherlands Institute in Turkey Director) and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His research and publications focus on the prehistoric archaeology of Anatolia and on the significance of cultural heritage in contemporary Istanbul.Willemijn Waal, PhD (2010), is Associate Professor at Leiden University and currently serves as Director of the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO). Her research focuses on Late Bronze Age and Iron Age Anatolia and the connections between West Asia and the Aegean.Contributors are: Ceren Abi, Diederik Burgersdijk, Buket Cengiz, Floris van den Eijnde, Fokke Gerritsen, Paolo Girardelli, Mark Humphries, Brian Johnson, Enno Maessen, Filippo Ronconi, Fabian Schulz, Rolf Strootman, Shaun Tougher, Nicola Verderame, Mariëtte Verhoeven, Joanita Vroom, Willemijn Waal, Richard Wittmann.

"As should be clear from the resumé, Constantinople through the Ages does indeed “visit all periods of the city’s existence” as promised in the introduction. The approach is openly eclectic and does not aim to be comprehensive offering a series of insights into the cultural layers of the city across time." Jonas J. H. Christensen in

• List of Figures and MapsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionDiederik Burgersdijk, Fokke Gerritsen, and Willemijn Waal1 Byzantium’s Earliest History. Formation, Colonization, and Habitation of the Βοσπόριος ἄκραFloris van den Eijnde2 The Shadow of Constantinople: the New Rome and the Old from Constantine to Constans IIMark Humphries3 The Bishops of Constantinople and the Opposing Occident: Gregory, Photios, and RomeFabian Schulz4 Court Life in Byzantine Constantinople: the Age of the Macedonian Dynasty (867–1056)Shaun Tougher5 Visible Words. The Transmission of Classical Texts in Constantinople and Its Consequences on Byzantine Culture and Society in Light of Surviving Manuscripts and Literary EvidenceFilippo Ronconi6 The Byzantine Churches of Constantinople: History, Transformation, and HeritageMariëtte Verhoeven7 Next Stop, Constantinople: How a New Istanbul Metro Line Revealed Archaeological TreasuresJoanita Vroom8 From Hippodromos to Atmeydanı: Continuity and Change in the Urban Layout of Constantinople after the Ottoman ConquestRolf Strootman9 A Levantine Landscape: Galata and PeraPaolo Girardelli10 Re-branding Water: Imperial Fountains in the Hamidian Historical PeninsulaNicola Verderame11 Funerary Heritage of the Grand Champs des Morts: Evidence of Istanbul’s Communal Diversity in FeriköyBrian Johnson and Richard Wittmann12 Istanbul during the Allied Occupation: Ottoman and Allied Relationships to the City and Its Past (1918–1923)Ceren Abi13 The People of the Palimpsest City: Istanbul in Prose Fiction after the Twentieth CenturyN. Buket Cengiz14 The Beyoğlu District between Resilience and Conflict 1950–2010Enno MaessenBibliographyIndex