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Zusatztext the book has been carefully edited. It is to be recommended as a well-informed and wide coverage of the present state of Byzantine studies, which students and anyone interested in the lost civilization of the Eastern Roman Empire should have in their library Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Jeffreys is Emeritus Bywater and Sotheby Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature, Oxford University, and Emeritus Fellow of Exeter College with John Haldon is Professor of Byzantine History, Princeton University. Robin Cormack is Professor Emeritus, History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London and Honorary Professor in the History of Classical Art, University of Nottingham. Klappentext 0 Zusammenfassung The Handbook contains eighty-nine articles by leading experts on all significant aspects of the diverse and fast-growing field of Byzantine Studies, which deals with the history and culture of the Byzantine Empire, the eastern half of the Late Roman Empire, from the fourth to the fourteenth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. The Discipline 1: Elizabeth Jeffreys, Robin Cormack and John Haldon: Byzantine Studies as an academic discipline 2: Instrumenta: tools for the study of the discipline Primary sources Chronology and dating Weights and measures Archaeology Critical approaches to art history Iconography Literary criticism Textual criticism Lexicography and electronic textual resources Palaeography, codicology, diplomatic Documents: imperial chrysobulls Documents: Athos Documents: Venetian Crete Epigraphy Sigillography Numismatics Prosopography Dendrochronology Brickstamps Topography of Constantinople II. The Physical World: Landscape, Land Use and the Environment 1: The political geography of the Byzantine world Geographical survey Political-historical survey 2: Klaus Belke: Communications (roads, bridges, etc.) 3: Dionysios Stathakopoulos: Population, demography and disease 4: Settlement Towns and cities Villages 5: Buildings and their decoration Building materials Churches and monasteries Secular and military buildings Wallpaintings and mosaics 6: Production, manufacture and technology Agriculture and agricultural technology Fabrics and clothing Silk production Ceramics Metal work Ivory, steatite, enamel, and glass Book production Military technology and warfare Shipping and seafaring Everyday technologies III. Institutions and Relationships 1: Hierarchies Emperor and court Bureaucracy and aristocracies Clergy, monks, and laity 2: The State Structures and administration Army Revenues and expenditure 3: The Church Structures and administration Councils The Two Churches Liturgy Monasticism and monasteries Charitable institutions 4: Alan Harvey: The economy 5: Society Role of women Families and kinship Patronage and retinues Food, wine, and feasting Entertainment, theatre and hippodrome Hospitals and hygiene 6: Bernard Stolte: Justice: legal literature 7: The spiritual world Byzantine theology Philosophies 8: The symbolic world Art and text Art and liturgy Art and pilgrimage Art and iconoclasm Icons Art and the periphery 9: Language, education and literacy Language Education Literacy Numeracy and science Libraries 10: Literature Rhetoric Historiography Theology Hagiography Homilies Epistolography Poetry and romances Military texts 11: Alexander Lingas: Music IV. The World around Byzantium 1: James Howard-Johnston: Byzantium and its neighbours 2: Cyril Mango: Byzantium's role in world history Lists of ruler...
