History

ISBN: 9781409403647
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
According to Byzantium's leaders, their imperial order anchored in Constantinople was the centre of excellence - spiritual, moral, material and aesthetic. They rewarded individuals willing to join, and favoured outside groupings prepared to coo... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782503531274
Published by : Brepols
The nineteen essays collected here provide significant insights into the medieval life of the longest continuously inhabited Christian monastery. Authors investigate icons from the sixth to the sixteenth centuries and offer new interpretations ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780754668145
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Much has been written in recent years about 'Romanisation', the putative barbarian adoption of Roman culture. However, the process of acculturation was certainly not always one-directional, nor were relations between Romans and others always h... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781846314933
Published by : Liverpool University Press
The Chronicle attributed to Zachariah of Mytilene is one of the most important sources for the history of the church from the Council of Chalcedon in 451 to the early years of the reign of Justinian (52765). It contains a wealth of important hi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781846314940
Published by : Liverpool University Press
The Chronicle attributed to Zachariah of Mytilene is one of the most important sources for the history of the church from the Council of Chalcedon in 451 to the early years of the reign of Justinian (52765). It contains a wealth of important hi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781409410980
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
This volume of studies explores a particularly complex period in Byzantine history, the thirteenth century, from the Fourth Crusade to the recapture of Constantinople by exiled leaders from Nicaea. During this time there was no Greek state base... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781409410645
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
This major study is a comprehensive scholarly work on a key moment in the history of Europe, the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. The result of years of research, it presents all available sources along with critical evaluat... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521763653
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book explores the relationship between the city of Rome and the Aurelian Wall during the six centuries following its construction in the 270s AD, a period when the city changed and contracted almost beyond recognition, as it evolved from i... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781107006881
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Covering a wide sweep, from Graeco-Roman antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages, Peter Thonemann shows how the landscape of the Maeander valley affected the economic relationships, social structures, cultural identities and ritual behaviour of... .... Learn More