The Oxford History of Byzantium

Produktbeschreibung

Byzantium linked the ancient and modern worlds, shaping traditions and handing down to both Eastern and Western civilization a vibrant legacy. The Oxford History of Byzantium is the only history to provide in concise form detailed historical coverage from the Roman beginnings to the fall of Constantinople and assimilation into the Turkish Empire. Against a backdrop of stories of emperors, intrigues, battles, and bishops the contributors to this beautifully illustrated volume explore everyday life in cities and villages, manufacture and trade, machinery of government, the church as an instrument of state, minorities, education, literary activity, beliefs and superstitions, monasticism, iconoclasm, the rise of Islam, and the fusion with Western, or Latin, culture. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

* Introduction


* 1: Peter Sarris: The Eastern Empire from Constantine to Heraclius (306 -
641)


* 2: Clive Foss: Life in City and Country


* 3: Cyril Mango: New Religion, Old Culture


* 4: Robert Hoyland: The Rise of Islam


* 5: Warren Treadgold: The Struggle for Survival


* 6: Patricia Karlin-Hayter: Iconoclasm


* 7: Paul Magdalino: The Medieval Empire (780-1204)


* 8: Cyril Mango: The Revival of Learning


* 9: Jonathan Shepard: Spreading the Word: Byzantine Missions


* 10: Stephen Reinert: Fragmentation (1204-1453)


* 11: Ihor Sevcenko: Palaiologan Learning


* 12: Elizabeth Jeffreys and Cyril Mango: Towards a Franco-Greek Culture


* Chronology


* Special features on hierarchies, pilgrimage, commerce, and monasticism 

Autoreninfo

Cyril Mango was Bywater and Sotheby Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature at Oxford until his retirement.