Books of Byzantine Empire
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Count No Man Happy: A Byzantine Fantasy
By Paul KastenellosIt is the true story of the conflict between mother and son for the throne; and of Constantine's forlorn affection for the daughter of Charlemagne"--P. [4] of cover.
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Byzantium: A Very Short Introduction
By Peter SarrisExplores the fusion of Roman political culture, Greek intellectual tradition, and Christian faith that characterized Byzantium. Shows how the empire held power for eleven centuries and why it ultimately fell.
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The Economic History of Byzantium: From the Seventh Through the Fifteenth Century
By Angeliki E. Laiou, Charalampos BourasThis three-volume study examines the structures and dynamics of the economy and the factors that contributed to its development over time. The first volume addresses the environment, resources, communications, and production techniques.
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The Rise of the Church
By Stephen Mitchell"This is the first comprehensive study of the history of Asia Minor in antiquity to be written for nearly fifty years and the first attempt to treat Anatolian history as...
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Constantinople and the West: Essays on the Late Byzantine (Palaeologan) and Italian Renaissances and the Byzantine and Roman Churches
By Deno John GeanakoplosThis nexus of Byzantine and Latin cultural and ecclesiastical relations in the Renaissance and Medieval periods is the underlying theme of the diverse and far-ranging essays in Constantinople and the West.
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Gibbon and the 'Watchmen of the Holy City': The Historian and His Reputation, 1776-1815
By David WomersleyThis text is an examination of the conflict between Gibbon and his critics, especially the spokemen for religious orthodoxy.
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The Worlds of Medieval Europe
By Clifford R. BackmanThis compelling volume surpasses traditional textbook representations of the Middle Ages by balancing the conventional focus on political affairs, especially those of northern Europe, with equally detailed attention to medieval society as ...
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Renaissances Before the Renaissance: Cultural Revivals of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
By Warren T. Treadgold, Warren TreadgoldRenaissances Before the Renaissance: Cultural Revivals of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
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Empires at War: A Chronological Encyclopedia
By Richard A. GabrielEmpires at War: A Chronological Encyclopedia
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Daily Life in the Byzantine Empire
By Marcus Louis RautmanHagia Sophia is one of the most discussed monuments in the history of art . ... Rutgers University Press , 1988 ) ; Timothy S. Miller , The Birth of the Hospital in the Byzantine Empire ( Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press ...
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The Byzantine Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia
By James Francis LaPree, Ljudmila Djukic"An indispensable resource for investigating the history of the Byzantine Empire, this book provides a comprehensive summary of its overall development as well as its legacy in the modern world"--
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After the Text: Byzantine Enquiries in Honour of Margaret Mullett
By Margaret Mullett"After the Text honours the work of renowned historian Margaret Mullett, who since the 1970s has transformed the study of Byzantine literature.
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Structure and Features of Anna Komnene's Alexiad: Emergence of a Personal History
By Larisa Orlov Vilimonović"The Alexiad, written in the twelfth century by a Byzantine princess, Anna Komnene, tells the story of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of her father, offering accounts of its political and military history, including its involvement ...
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Byzantine Garden Culture
By Henry Maguire, Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn, Emeritus Professor of Art at Johns Hopkins University Henry MaguireFor example , a common composition in early Byzantine art , which can be seen , among other places , on the late sixthcentury pilgrims ' ampullae from the Holy Land , was the cross as the Tree of Life , with the four rivers of paradise ...
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La Cappadoce, IVe-VIe siècle: une histoire provinciale de l'empire romain d'orient
By Sophie MétivierLe lieu - dit est mentionné entre les étapes de Tarse et de Tyane par l'Itinerarium Cappadociae , dans Tabula Peutingeriana , p . LXXIII . Voir encore FRENCH , Roman Roads and Milestones of Asia Minor , t . 1 , p .
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Κωνσταντίνος ο Μέγας, 272-337 μ.Χ
Κωνσταντίνος ο Μέγας, 272-337 μ.Χ
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Antonina: A Byzantine Slut
By Paul Kastenellos"In 531 AD the Roman general Flavious Belisarius married a one-time prostitute named Antonina.
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Justinian and the Later Roman Empire
By John W. BarkerThis empire is the subject of John Barker Jr.'s book and the central focus of his examination of questions of continuity and change.
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Byzantium
By Michael EnnisByzantium
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Porphyrogenita: Essays on the History and Literature of Byzantium and the Latin East in Honour of Julian Chrysostomides
By J. ChrysostomidesThe essays that comprise this collection reflect the appreciation of students and fellow academics for the enormous contribution Julian Chrysostomides has made to the study of the history and literature of Byzantium and the Latin East.