New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture – serie
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Varangians
In God’s Holy Fire
Häftad, 2021
1464 kr
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This book is the history of the Eastern Vikings, the Rus and the Varangians, from their earliest mentions in the narrative sources to the late medieval period, when the Eastern Vikings had become stock figures in Old Norse Romances. A comparison is made between sources emanating from different …
Serving Byzantium's Emperors
The Courtly Life and Career of Michael Attaleiates
Inbunden, 2019
1240 kr
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This book is a microhistory of eleventh-century Byzantium, built around the biography of the state official Michael Attaleiates. Dimitris Krallis presents Byzantium as a cohesive, ever-evolving, dynamic, Roman political community, built on traditions of Roman governance and Hellenic culture. In the …
Varangians
In God’s Holy Fire
Inbunden, 2020
1464 kr
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This book is the history of the Eastern Vikings, the Rus and the Varangians, from their earliest mentions in the narrative sources to the late medieval period, when the Eastern Vikings had become stock figures in Old Norse Romances. A comparison is made between sources emanating from different …
Justinian's Men
Careers and Relationships of Byzantine Army Officers, 518-610
Inbunden, 2016
1464 kr
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This book explores the professional and social lives of the soldiers who served in the army of the Byzantine Empire in the sixth century. More than just a fighting force, this army was the setting in which hundreds of thousands of men forged relationships and manoeuvred for promotion. The officers …
Managing Financial Resources in Late Antiquity
Greek Fathers' Views on Hoarding and Saving
Av Gerasimos Merianos, George Gotsis
Inbunden, 2018
1204 kr
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This book examines the views of Greek Church Fathers on hoarding, saving, and management of economic surplus, and their development primarily in urban centres of the Eastern Mediterranean, from the late first to the fifth century. The study shows how the approaches of Greek Fathers, such as Clement …
Managing Financial Resources in Late Antiquity
Greek Fathers' Views on Hoarding and Saving
Av Gerasimos Merianos, George Gotsis
Häftad, 2020
1204 kr
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This book examines the views of Greek Church Fathers on hoarding, saving, and management of economic surplus, and their development primarily in urban centres of the Eastern Mediterranean, from the late first to the fifth century. The study shows how the approaches of Greek Fathers, such as Clement …
Justinian's Men
Careers and Relationships of Byzantine Army Officers, 518-610
Häftad, 2019
1464 kr
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This book explores the professional and social lives of the soldiers who served in the army of the Byzantine Empire in the sixth century. More than just a fighting force, this army was the setting in which hundreds of thousands of men forged relationships and manoeuvred for promotion. The officers …
Velestino Hoard
Casting Light on the Byzantine 'Dark Ages'
Av Florin Curta, Bartłomiej Szymon Szmoniewski
Inbunden, 2019
904 kr
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This book examines the remarkable Velestino hoard, found in Thessaly in the 1920s, and analyses the light that this collection of artifacts sheds on a poorly studied period of Byzantine history, and on largely neglected aspects of Byzantine civilization. Many collections of Byzantine gold- and …
Emotions and Gender in Byzantine Culture
Av Stavroula Constantinou, Mati Meyer
Häftad, 2019
1576 kr
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This book examines the gendered dimensions of emotions and the emotional aspects of gender within Byzantine culture and suggests possible readings of such instances. In so doing, the volume celebrates the current breadth of Byzantine gender studies while at the same time contributing to the …
Heavenly Sustenance in Patristic Texts and Byzantine Iconography
Nourished by the Word
Häftad, 2018
627 kr
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This book examines ideas of spiritual nourishment as maintained chiefly by Patristic theologians –those who lived in Byzantium. It shows how a particular type of Byzantine frescoes and icons illustrated the views of Patristic thinkers on the connections between the heavenly and the earthly worlds. …
Avar Siege of Constantinople in 626
History and Legend
Inbunden, 2019
732 kr
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This book examines the Avar siege of Constantinople in 626, one of the most significant events of the seventh century, and the impact and repercussions this had on the political, military, economic and religious structures of the Byzantine Empire. The siege put an end to the power politics and …
Avar Siege of Constantinople in 626
History and Legend
Häftad, 2020
732 kr
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This book examines the Avar siege of Constantinople in 626, one of the most significant events of the seventh century, and the impact and repercussions this had on the political, military, economic and religious structures of the Byzantine Empire. The siege put an end to the power politics and …
Pseudo-Dionysius and Christian Visual Culture, c.500–900
Av Francesca Dell’Acqua, Ernesto Sergio Mainoldi
Inbunden, 2019
1530 kr
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This book uses Pseudo-Dionysius and his mystic theology to explore attitudes and beliefs about images in the early medieval West and Byzantium. Composed in the early sixth century, the Corpus Dionysiacum, the collection of texts transmitted under the name of Dionysius the Areopagite, developed a …
Pseudo-Dionysius and Christian Visual Culture, c.500–900
Av Francesca Dell’Acqua, Ernesto Sergio Mainoldi
Häftad, 2020
1530 kr
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This book uses Pseudo-Dionysius and his mystic theology to explore attitudes and beliefs about images in the early medieval West and Byzantium. Composed in the early sixth century, the Corpus Dionysiacum, the collection of texts transmitted under the name of Dionysius the Areopagite, developed a …
Sons of Constantine, AD 337-361
In the Shadows of Constantine and Julian
Av Nicholas Baker-Brian, Shaun Tougher
Inbunden, 2020
1576 kr
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This edited collection focuses on the Roman empire during the period from AD 337 to 361. During this period the empire was ruled by three brothers: Constantine II (337-340), Constans I (337-350) and Constantius II (337-361). These emperors tend to be cast into shadow by their famous father …
Sons of Constantine, AD 337-361
In the Shadows of Constantine and Julian
Av Nicholas Baker-Brian, Shaun Tougher
Häftad, 2021
1576 kr
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This edited collection focuses on the Roman empire during the period from AD 337 to 361. During this period the empire was ruled by three brothers: Constantine II (337-340), Constans I (337-350) and Constantius II (337-361). These emperors tend to be cast into shadow by their famous father …
Banditry in the Medieval Balkans, 800-1500
Inbunden, 2020
1464 kr
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This book explores the history of banditry in the medieval Balkans between the ninth and fifteenth centuries. While several scholars have recognized the problems which various outlaw groups caused in the region during the Middle Ages, few have given much attention to the bandits themselves, their …
Banditry in the Medieval Balkans, 800-1500
Häftad, 2021
1464 kr
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This book explores the history of banditry in the medieval Balkans between the ninth and fifteenth centuries. While several scholars have recognized the problems which various outlaw groups caused in the region during the Middle Ages, few have given much attention to the bandits themselves, their …
Environment and Society in Byzantium, 650-1150
Between the Oak and the Olive
Inbunden, 2020
1352 kr
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This book illuminates Byzantines' relationship with woodland between the seventh and twelfth centuries. Using the oak and the olive as objects of study, this work explores shifting economic strategies, environmental change, and the transformation of material culture throughout the middle Byzantine …
Environment and Society in Byzantium, 650-1150
Between the Oak and the Olive
Häftad, 2021
1352 kr
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This book illuminates Byzantines' relationship with woodland between the seventh and twelfth centuries. Using the oak and the olive as objects of study, this work explores shifting economic strategies, environmental change, and the transformation of material culture throughout the middle Byzantine …
Roman Identity from the Arab Conquests to the Triumph of Orthodoxy
Inbunden, 2021
1313 kr
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This book asks how the inhabitants and neighbours of the Eastern Roman Empire understand their identity as Romans in the centuries following the emergence of Islam as a world-religion. Its answers lie in exploring the nature of change and continuity of social structures, self-representation, and …
Roman Identity from the Arab Conquests to the Triumph of Orthodoxy
Häftad, 2022
1313 kr
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This book asks how the inhabitants and neighbours of the Eastern Roman Empire understand their identity as Romans in the centuries following the emergence of Islam as a world-religion. Its answers lie in exploring the nature of change and continuity of social structures, self-representation, and …
Byzantine Tree Life
Christianity and the Arboreal Imagination
Av Thomas Arentzen, Virginia Burrus m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
1464 kr
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This book examines the many ways Byzantines lived with their trees. It takes seriously theological and hagiographic tree engagement as expressions of that culture’s deep involvement—and even fascination—with the arboreal. These pages tap into the current attention paid to plants in a wide range of …
Byzantine Tree Life
Christianity and the Arboreal Imagination
Av Thomas Arentzen, Virginia Burrus m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
1464 kr
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This book examines the many ways Byzantines lived with their trees. It takes seriously theological and hagiographic tree engagement as expressions of that culture’s deep involvement—and even fascination—with the arboreal. These pages tap into the current attention paid to plants in a wide range of …
Witness Literature in Byzantium
Narrating Slaves, Prisoners, and Refugees
Inbunden, 2021
1557 kr
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This book analyzes Byzantine examples of witness literature, a genre that focuses on eyewitness accounts written by slaves, prisoners, refugees, and other victims of historical atrocity. It focuses on such episodes in three nonfictional texts – John Kaminiates’ Capture of Thessaloniki (904), …
Witness Literature in Byzantium
Narrating Slaves, Prisoners, and Refugees
Häftad, 2022
1557 kr
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This book analyzes Byzantine examples of witness literature, a genre that focuses on eyewitness accounts written by slaves, prisoners, refugees, and other victims of historical atrocity. It focuses on such episodes in three nonfictional texts – John Kaminiates’ Capture of Thessaloniki (904), …
Byzantine City from Heraclius to the Fourth Crusade, 610–1204
Urban Life after Antiquity
Av Luca Zavagno
Inbunden, 2021
1240 kr
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This book explores the Byzantine city and the changes it went through from 610 to 1204. Throughout this period, cities were always the centers of political and social life for both secular and religious authorities, and, furthermore, the focus of the economic interests of local landowning …
Byzantine City from Heraclius to the Fourth Crusade, 610–1204
Urban Life after Antiquity
Av Luca Zavagno
Häftad, 2022
1240 kr
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This book explores the Byzantine city and the changes it went through from 610 to 1204. Throughout this period, cities were always the centers of political and social life for both secular and religious authorities, and, furthermore, the focus of the economic interests of local landowning …
Political Memory and the Constantinian Dynasty
Fashioning Disgrace
Inbunden, 2022
1557 kr
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This book is an exploration of political memory and disgrace in the reigns of Constantine and his sons. It uses the conditions of the early to mid-fourth century to argue that the deconstruction of political legitimacy should be viewed, first and foremost, as a collective phenomenon, the result of …
Political Memory and the Constantinian Dynasty
Fashioning Disgrace
Häftad, 2023
1557 kr
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This book is an exploration of political memory and disgrace in the reigns of Constantine and his sons. It uses the conditions of the early to mid-fourth century to argue that the deconstruction of political legitimacy should be viewed, first and foremost, as a collective phenomenon, the result of …
