Byzantine Ideas of Persia, 6501461

This book offers a study into the perceptions of ancient and medieval Iran in the Byzantine Empire, as well as the effects of Persian culture upon Byzantine intellectualism, society, and culture.

About the author

Rustam Shukurov, PhD, D.Sc. in History (2012), is a Visiting Scholar at the University of St Andrews. He graduated from Moscow State University in 1984 and worked there for more than 30 years as a lecturer in Byzantine and Medieval studies. He has published several monographs, translations and articles on Byzantium, Iranian and Turkic History, including The Grand Komnenoi and the Orient, 1204–1461 (Moscow, 2001) and The Byzantine Turks, 1204–1461 (Leiden; Boston, 2016).

Summary

This book offers a study into the perceptions of ancient and medieval Iran in the Byzantine Empire, as well as the effects of Persian culture upon Byzantine intellectualism, society, and culture.

Product details

• Authors: Rustam Shukurov, Shukurov Rustam
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 13.12.2023
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9781032070674
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3207067-4
• Pages: 270
• Series: Global Histories Before Globalisation
• Subjects: Iran, ART / History / General, ART / Middle Eastern, HISTORY / Middle East / Iran, HISTORY / Byzantine Empire, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Middle Eastern history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Byzantine Empire, medieval intellectual history, cross-cultural transmission, Zoroastrian influence, Persian language adoption, Iranian diaspora Byzantium, Byzantine religious studies, Persian-Byzantine cultural exchange