A Companion to Byzantium

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4051-2654-0
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 482 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 1009 g

Reihe: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World

Using new methodological and theoretical approaches, A Companion to Byzantium presents an overview of the Byzantine world from its inception in 330 A.D. to its fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
* Provides an accessible overview of eleven centuries of Byzantine society
* Introduces the most recent scholarship that is transforming the field of Byzantine studies
* Emphasizes Byzantium's social and cultural history, as well as its material culture
* Explores traditional topics and themes through fresh perspectives

Autoren/Hrsg.

James, Liz

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Byzantinische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures.

List of Maps.

Notes on Contributors.

Acknowledgments.

Some Relevant Dates.

List of Byzantine Rulers.

List of Abbreviations.

1. Byzantium: a Very, Very Short Introduction.

2. Writing Histories of Byzantium: the Historiography of Byzantine History.

Part I: Being Byzantine.

Part II: God and the World.

Part III: Reading Byzantine Texts.

Part IV: Some Questions in Material Culture.

Bibliography--Primary Sources.

Bibliography.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Liz James is Professor of Art History at the University of Sussex. Her books include Light and Colour in Byzantine Art (1996) and Empresses and Power in Early Byzantium (2001).