Late Antiquity & Byzantium

ISBN: 9781409411604
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
The studies in this volume all deal with images and texts that relate to the veneration of the saints in Byzantium after the 9th century. Some papers are devoted to the church calendar and the annual commemorations of hundreds of ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780195336931
Published by : Oxford University Press
The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity offers an innovative overview of a period (c. 300-700 CE) that has become increasingly central to scholarly debates over the history of western and Middle Eastern civilizations. This volume co... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781441174680
Published by : Continuum International Pub.
This volume seeks to explain developments within the structure of the family in antiquity, in particular in the later Roman Empire and late antiquity. Drawing on the latest research by leading scholars in the field the book includes new approac... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781409427407
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
The fourteen essays in this collection demonstrate a wide variety of approaches to the study of Byzantine architecture and its decoration, a reflection of both newer trends and traditional scholarship in the field. These include the analysis of... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004221512
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
Drawing on archaeological fieldwork in Western Greece, this book offers a fresh model for interpreting the transformation of medieval settlement (600-1200 AD). Rereading Byzantine texts from a postmodern theoretical background, it introduces a ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783895008610
Published by : Reichert Verlag
German Description:

Ehrenstatuen, konstitutiver Bestandteil der antiken, insbesondere der römischen Stadtkultur und ein ausnehmend konservatives Medium der Selbstdarstellung der gesellschaftlichen Eliten, erfahren in der Spätantike ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783895008573
Published by : Reichert Verlag
German Description:

Jenseits der urbanen Zentren, die bisher stärker im Fokus der Forschung lagen, werden einschlägige Komplexe spätantiker und westgotenzeitlicher Villenanlagen im ländlichen Bereich der gesamten Iberischen Halbinse... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783895008894
Published by : Reichert Verlag
Series: ZAKMIRA
The present volume is based on an interdisciplinary colloquium of the Archaeological Institute of the University of Cologne and the Centre for Mediterranean Cultures. The aim was to examine the region's quite different critical development of t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781904982951
Published by : Archetype Books
Designed as a dialogue between numismatists, archaeologists and historians, this book explores the coins of seventh century Syria, a key resource in analysing the Arab conquest and early history of the new Islamic state. As well a... .... Learn More