Byzantium and the Avars, 6th-9th Century AD - Political, Diplomatic and Cultural Relations

In this book Georgios Kardaras offers a global view of the political and cultural contact between the Byzantine Empire and the Avar Khaganate, emphasizing in their reconstruction after 626 and the definition of the possible channels of communication.

About the author

Georgios Kardaras, Ph.D. (1973), is a researcher at the IHR/NHRF in Athens. His scholarship focuses on the relations of the early Byzantine state with the Slavs and the Eurasian nomads. His two monographs deal with the Byzantine-Avar relations (2010) and the Antes (2016) respectively.

Product details

• Authors: Georgios Kardaras
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.10.2018
• EAN: 9789004248380
• ISBN: 978-90-04-24838-0
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Series: East Central and Eastern Europ
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages