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Zusatztext 'Recommended' - Choice'It was gratifying to find! at last! short authoritative surveys to which one can refer students on such essential Byzantine subjects ... It was also a delight to find chapters devoted to side issues which had always intrigued me ... Stephenson does not avoid the usual gripe about Byzantium being marginalised and misunderstood! but he gives it a sophisticated European twist. He and his team perhaps succeed better than previous gripers in showing why readersof the English Historical Reviewshould have more time for Byzantine history.' - Paul Magdalino! Koç University! Turkey Informationen zum Autor Paul Stephenson is Reader in Medieval History at the University of Durham, and formerly was Rowe Professor of Byzantine History at the University of Wisconsin, a joint appointment with Dumbarton Oaks. He has researched and taught in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Greece, Sweden and the USA, and held fellowships from the British Academy, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Onassis Foundation and the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies. He is author of Byzantium’s Balkan Frontier (2000), The Legend of Basil the Bulgar-Slayer (2003) and Constantine: Unconquered Emperor, Christian Victor (2009). Klappentext The Byzantine World presents the latest insights of the leading scholars in the fields of Byzantine studies! history! art and architectural history! literature! and theology. Those who know little of Byzantine history! culture and civilization between AD 700 and 1453 will find overviews and distillations! while those who know much already will be afforded countless new vistas. Each chapter offers an innovative approach to a well-known topic or a diversion from a well-trodden path. Readers will be introduced to Byzantine women and children! men and eunuchs! emperors! patriarchs! aristocrats and slaves. They will explore churches and fortifications! monasteries and palaces! from Constantinople to Cyprus and Syria in the east! and to Apulia and Venice in the west. Secular and sacred art! profane and spiritual literature will be revealed to the reader! who will be encouraged to read! see! smell and touch. The worlds of Byzantine ceremonial and sanctity! liturgy and letters! Orthodoxy and heresy will be explored! by both leading and innovative international scholars. Ultimately! the expert reader! as all will now be! will find insights into the emergences of modern Byzantine studies and of popular Byzantine history. Zusammenfassung The Byzantine World presents the latest insights of the leading scholars in the fields of Byzantine studies, history, art and architectural history, literature, and theology. Those who know little of Byzantine history, culture and civilization between AD 700 and 1453 will find overviews and distillations, while those who know much already will be afforded countless new vistas. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: The Byzantines and their World 1. Michael Angold! The Byzantine Political Process at Crisis Point 2. Paul Stephenson! The Rise of the Middle Byzantine Aristocracy and the Decline of the Imperial State 3. Cécile Morrisson! Money! Coins and the Economy 4. John Haldon! The Army and Military Logistics 5. Anthony Kaldellis! The Study of Women and Children: Methodological Challenges and New Directions 6. Leonora Neville! Strong Women and their Husbands in Byzantine Historiography 7. Shaun Tougher! Cherchez l'homme! Byzantine Men: A Eunuch Perspective 8. Günter Prinzing! Slaves and Slavery 9. Christopher Livanos! Monotheists! Dualists and Pagans 10. Tia Kolbaba! The Virtues and Faults of the Latin Christians Part 2: The Written World 11. Catherine Holmes! Political Literacy 12. Denis Sullivan! Byzantine Military Manuals: Prescriptions! Practice! and Pedagogy 13J.M. Featherstone! De Cerimoniis and the Great Palace 14. Emmanuel Bourbouhakis! Rhetoric and Performance 15. Stratis Papaioannou! Letter-writing 16. Christopher...
