Late Antiquity & Byzantium
The Roman Empire from the rise of Christianity in the fourth century to its fall in the west in the fifth, and the Eastern/Byzantine Empire through to its fall in the fifteenth century.
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Vrbes Extinctae: Archaeologies of Abandoned Classical Towns [Hardback]
Neil Christie (Editor); Andrea Augenti (Editor)
£70.00ISBN: 9780754665625
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
This volume explores the phenomenon of urban loss and abandonment from Roman to medieval times across the former Roman Empire. Through a series of case studies two main aspects are examined: firstly, the sequences and chronologies... .... Learn More -
Thorns in the Flesh: Illness and Sanctity in Late Ancient Christianity [Hardback]
Andrew Crislip (Author)
£42.50ISBN: 9780812244458
Published by : Pennsylvania University Press
The literature of late ancient Christianity is rich both in saints who lead lives of almost Edenic health and in saints who court and endure horrifying diseases. In Thorns in the Flesh, Andrew Crislip draws on a wide range of text... .... Learn More -
Michael Attaleiates: The History [Hardback]
Anthony Kaldellis (Author); Dimitris Krallis (Author)
£19.95ISBN: 9780674057999
Published by : Harvard University Press
In 1039 Byzantium was the most powerful empire in Europe and the Near East, controlling the Balkans south of the Danube and all of Asia Minor into Armenia and Syria. By 1079 it had become a politically unstable state half the siz... .... Learn More -
Christianity in the Land of the Pharaohs: The Coptic Orthodox Church [Paperback]
Jill Kamil (Author)
£28.00ISBN: 9780415642316
Published by : Routledge Ltd
^DA detailed yet accessible evaluation of the importance of
Christianity to the identity of Egypt and the parallel
importance of Egyptian Coptic Christianity to the evolution of
Christianity as a whole... .... Learn More -
Collapse and Recovery of the Roman Empire: The Third Century A.D. [Paperback]
Michael Grant (Author)
£28.00ISBN: 9780415642293
Published by : Routledge Ltd
Grant asserts that it was a miracle that the third century Roman empire did not collapse, and expresses amazement at its continuing for another 200 years in the west, and for far longer in the east. The reasons for both collapse and recovery, ... .... Learn More -
The City in Roman and Byzantine Egypt [Paperback]
Richard Alston (Author)
£28.00ISBN: 9780415642354
Published by : Routledge Ltd
Focusing on the period between the 1st century BC and the 6th century AD, Alston's detailed study draws on a wealth of papyrological and documentary evidence to look at the impact of Roman and then Christian influences on the architecture and ... .... Learn More -
Byzantine Chronicles and the Sixth Century [Hardback]
Roger Scott (Author)
£85.00ISBN: 9781409441106
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Byzantine chronicles have traditionally been regarded as a somewhat inferior form of Byzantine history writing, especially in comparison with 'classicizing' historians. The aim of many of these papers is both to rescue the reputat... .... Learn More -
The Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism [Hardback]
Amy Hollywood (Editor); Patricia Z. Beckman (Editor)
£65.00ISBN: 9780521863650
Published by : Cambridge University Press
The Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism is a multi-authored interdisciplinary guide to the study of Christian mysticism, with an emphasis on the third through the seventeenth centuries. The book is thematically organized in... .... Learn More -
The Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism [Paperback]
Amy Hollywood (Editor); Patricia Z. Beckman (Editor)
£19.99ISBN: 9780521682275
Published by : Cambridge University Press
The Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism is a multi-authored interdisciplinary guide to the study of Christian mysticism, with an emphasis on the third through the seventeenth centuries. The book is thematically organized in... .... Learn More -
Emperor and Author: The Writings of Julian 'the Apostate' [Hardback]
Nicholas J. Baker-Brian (Editor); Shaun Tougher (Editor)
£55.00ISBN: 9781905125500
Published by : Classical Press of Wales
This volume offers the first comprehensive analysis in English of all the writings of Julian (r. AD 361-363), the last pagan emperor of Rome, noted for his frontal and self-conscious challenge to Christianity. The book also contains treatments ... .... Learn More