History
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The Christianization of the Late Roman Period: Cities, Churches, Synagogues, Palaces, Private Houses and Monasteries in the Early Christian Period [Hardback]
Beat Brenk (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781899828722
Published by : Pindar Press
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A collection of papers which have appeared during the last 10 to 15 years which aim to explain the phenomenon of Christianisation based on the examination of religious, social and economic case studies. Brenk traces the transformation of the l... .... Learn More -
Two Works on Trebizond [Hardback]
Scott Kennedy (Editor)
£19.95ISBN: 9780674986626
Published by : Harvard University Press
Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
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In 1204, brothers Alexios and David Komnenos became the unwitting founders of the Empire of Trebizond, a successor state to the Byzantine Empire that emerged after Crusaders sacked Constantinople. Trebizond, which stretched along the coast of the ... .... Learn More -
The Roman Art of War in Late Antiquity: The Strategikon of the Emperor Maurice: Volume I: Translation and Commentary [Hardback]
Philip R. Rance (Author)
£100.00ISBN: 9781138084506
Published by : Routledge
Series: Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies
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The Strategikon of the Emperor Maurice, written towards the end of the 6th century, is a key text in the history of late Roman and Byzantine warfare. It stands midway between the classical genre of tactica, dating back to the 4th century BC, and t... .... Learn More -
The Roman Art of War in Late Antiquity: The Strategikon of the Emperor Maurice: Volume II: Textual and Historical Studies [Hardback]
Philip R. Rance (Author)
£100.00ISBN: 9781138084520
Published by : Routledge
Series: Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies
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The Strategikon of the Emperor Maurice, written towards the end of the 6th century, is a key text in the history of late Roman and Byzantine warfare. It stands midway between the classical genre of tactica, dating back to the 4th century BC, and t... .... Learn More -
Byzantine Military Tactics in Syria and Mesopotamia in the 10th Century: A Comparative Study [Hardback]
Georgios Theotokis (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9781474431033
Published by : Edinburgh University Press
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This book examines the strategies and military tactics of the Byzantines and their enemies in Eastern Anatolia, Syria and in Upper Mesopotamia in the tenth century. This period of conflict is difficult to define: it was too inactive to be called a... .... Learn More -
Asia Minor in the Long Sixth Century: Current Research and Future Directions [Paperback]
Ine Jacobs (Editor); Hugh Elton (Editor)
Regular Price: £38.00
Special Price: £28.50
ISBN: 9781789250077
Published by : Oxbow Books
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Asia Minor is considered to have been a fairly prosperous region in Late Antiquity. It was rarely disturbed by external invasions and remained largely untouched by the continuous Roman-Persian conflict until very late in the period, was apparently... .... Learn More -
The Novels of Justinian: A Complete Annotated English Translation [Hardback]
David Miller (Editor); Peter Sarris (Editor)
£180.00ISBN: 9781107000926
Published by : Cambridge University Press
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The novels comprise a series of laws issued in the sixth century by the famous Emperor Justinian (r.527-65), along with a number of measures issued by his immediate successors on the throne of Constantinople. They reveal the evolution of Roman law... .... Learn More -
The Armenian-Byzantine Frontier: The Cultural Politics of Empire in the Medieval World [Hardback]
AnnaLinden Weller (Author)
£59.00ISBN: 9781788310284
Published by : I.B. Tauris
Series: Library of Medieval Studies
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The Byzantine expansion into eastern Anatolia in the tenth century presented a challenge both to the imperial conquerors and their Armenian subjects. Until Byzantine withdrawal under Seljuk pressure in the twelfth century, the contested frontier r... .... Learn More -
Religion, Politics and the Arts in Early Medieval Italy: Iconophilia [Hardback]
Francesca Dell'Acqua (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9780415793728
Published by : Routledge
Series: Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies
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Through case studies examined in a comparative East-West approach, this book analyses how Byzantine iconoclasm (ca. 720s-843) impacted on the West and how it shaped a papal reaction in Rome. The policy on the production and veneration of sacred im... .... Learn More -
Imagining Emperors in the Later Roman Empire [Hardback]
Diederick P. W. Burgersdijk (Editor); Alan J. Ross (Editor)
£129.00ISBN: 9789004370890
Published by : Brill
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Imagining Emperors in the Later Roman Empire offers new analysis of the textual depictions of a series of emperors in the fourth century within overlapping historical, religious, and literary contexts. Drawing on the recent Representational Turn i... .... Learn More
