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The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies
Edited by Elizabeth Jeffreys
John Haldon and Robin Cormack
1,056 pages
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133 in-text illustrations
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246x171mm
978-0-19-925246-6
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Hardback
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23 October 2008
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- Comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the entire field of Byzantine Studies
- Written by an international team of leading experts
- Surveys history, literary genres, theological issues, and material culture
- Provides the tools for understanding the discipline
- Part of the prestigious Oxford Handbooks series
The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies presents discussions by leading experts on all significant aspects of this diverse and fast-growing field. Byzantine Studies 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. Its centre was the city formerly known as Byzantium, refounded as Constantinople in 324 CE, the present-day Istanbul. Under its emperors, patriarchs, and all-pervasive bureaucracy Byzantium developed a distinctive society: Greek in language, Roman in legal system, and Christian in religion. Byzantium's impact in the European Middle Ages is hard to over-estimate, as a bulwark against invaders, as a meeting-point for trade from Asia and the
Mediterranean, as a guardian of the classical literary and artistic heritage, and as a creator of its own magnificent artistic style.Readership: Scholars and students of classics, ancient and medieval history, Byzantine Studies.
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Edited by Elizabeth Jeffreys, Emeritus Bywater and Sotheby Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature, Oxford University, and Emeritus Fellow of Exeter College with John Haldon, Professor of Byzantine History, Princeton University, and Robin Cormack, Professor Emeritus, History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London and Honorary Professor in the History of Classical Art, University of NottinghamContributors:
Panagiotis Agapitos, University of Cyprus
Michael Angold, University of
Edinburgh
Pamela Armstrong, University of Oxford
Charalambos Bakirtzis, Aristotle University of Thessalonike
Jonathan Bardill
Klaus Belke, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Institut für Byzanzforschung, Vienna
Wolfram Brandes, Max Planck Institut für Europäische Rechtgeschichte, Frankfurt am Main
Leslie Brubaker, University of Birmingham
Anthony A. M. Bryer, University of Birmingham
Jean-Claude Cheynet, Centre d'histoire et de civilisation de Byzance, College de France, Paris
Robin Cormack, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Kathleen Corrigan, Dartmouth College, Hanover
James Crow, University of Edinburgh
Mary B. Cunningham, The University of
Nottingham
Anthony Cutler, The Pennsylvania State University
Michael Decker, University of South Florida
Antony Eastmond, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Jas Elsner, University of Oxford
C. Entwistle, British Museum
J. M. Featherstone, CNRS, Paris
Clarence Gallagher, SJ, Campion Hall, Oxford
Eurydike Georganteli, Barber Insitute of Fine Art and University of Birmingham
John Haldon, Princeton University
Alan Harvey, Northumbria University
Cecily Hennessy, Christie's Education, London
T. M. Hickey, University of California, Berkeley
Catherine Holmes, University of Oxford
Wolfram Hörander, Institut für Byzantinistik und Neogräzistik,
University of Vienna
Peregrine Horden, Royal Holloway University of London
Geoffrey Horrocks, University of Cambridge
James Howard-Johnston, University of Oxford
Katerina Ierodiakonou, University of Athens
David Jacoby, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Liz James, University of Sussex
Elizabeth Jeffreys, University of Oxford
Michael Jeffreys, University of Sydney
Peter I. Kuniholm, Cornell University
Angeliki E. Laiou, Harvard University and the Academy of Athens
Alexander Lingas, City University, London
Andrew Louth, Durham University
John Lowden, Courtauld Insitute of Art, London
Ruth Macrides, University of Birmingham
Henry
Maguire, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Cyril Mango, University of Oxford
Marlia Mundell Mango, University of Oxford
Athanasios Markopoulos, Athens University
Eric McGeer, St Clement's School, Toronto
John McGuckin, Columbia University
Sally McKee, University of California-Davis
Timothy S. Miller, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland
Rosemary Morris, University of York
Andreas E. Müller, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Munich
Margaret Mullett, Queen's University, Belfast
John W. Nesbitt, Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies, Washington, DC
Dominic J. O'Meara, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Robert G. Ousterhout,
University of Pennsylvania
Maria G. Parani, University of Cyprus
Günther Prinzing, University of Mainz
John H. Pryor, University of Sydney
Charlotte Roueché, King's College London
Helen G. Saradi, University of Patras, Greece
Nancy P. Sevcenko
Dion Smythe, Queen's University, Belfast
Dionysios Stathakopoulos, King's College London
Bernard H. Stolte, University of Groningen and the Royal Dutch Institute at Rome
Robert Taft, SJ, Pontificio Istituto Orientale, Rome
Alice-Mary Talbot, Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies, Washington, DC
Erich Trapp, University of Bonn
Maria Vassilaki, University of Thessaly
Michael Whitby, University
of Warwick
Mark Whittow, University of Oxford
Nigel Wilson, University of Oxford
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"It is written in a style that provides a first port of call for any undergraduate or novice analysing the perios, while supplying enough detail to keep experienced scholars stimlated" - Rosetta "This book will fulfil its primary function very well and serve as an excellent introduction to Byzantine history and culture both for the novice who requires a broad overview of developments and for the expert in one or more areas who wishes to expand his or her knowledge into others" "it is a magnificent work which will be an invaluable help to all students of Byzantium. In times of crisis, this compliment is worth more than before - the handbook is worth every penny (or cent)spent on it." - Przemyslaw Marciniak, Bryn
Mawr Classical Review "The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies is a useful, one volume reference work that would well serve both the scholar and general reader with an interest in Byzantine culture." - John Courteas, Acton Institute PowerBlog "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" - Cécile Morrisson, CNRS, Paris and Dumbarton Oaks
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I. The Discipline
1: Elizabeth Jeffreys, Robin Cormack & John Haldon: Byzantine Studies as an academic discipline
2: Instrumenta: tools for the study of the discipline
John Haldon: Primary sources
Anthony Bryer: Chronology and dating
Chris Entwistle: Weights and measures
James Crow: Archaeology
Leslie Brubaker: Critical approaches to art history
Kathleen Corrigan: Iconography
Panagiotis Agapitos: Literary criticism
Michael Jeffreys: Textual criticism
Erich Trapp: Lexicography and electronic textual resources
Hickey Todd: Palaeography, codicology, diplomatic
Andreas Muller: Documents: imperial chrysobulls
Rosemary Morris: Documents: Athos
Sally McKee: Documents: Venetian Crete
Cyril Mango: Epigraphy
John Nesbitt: Sigillography
Eurydike Georganteli: Numismatics
Dion Smythe: Prosopography
Peter Kuniholm: Dendrochronology
Jonathan Bardill: Brickstamps
Cecily Hennessy: Topography of Constantinople
II. The Physical World: Landscape, Land Use and the Environment
1: The political geography of the Byzantine world
Mark Whittow: Geographical survey
Geoffrey Greatrex, John Haldon, Catherine Holmes & Angeliki Laiou: Political-historical survey
2: Klaus Belke: Communications (roads, bridges, etc.)
3: Dionysios Stathakopoulos: Population, demography and disease
4: Settlement
Helen Saradi: Towns and cities
Alan Harvey: Villages
5: Buildings and their decoration
Jonathan Bardill: Building materials
Robert Ousterhout: Churches and monasteries
Charalambos Bakirtzis: Secular and military buildings
Robin Cormack: Wallpaintings and mosaics
6: Production, manufacture and technology
Michael Decker: Agriculture and agricultural technology
Maria Parani: Fabrics and clothing
David Jacoby: Silk production
Pamela Armstrong: Ceramics
Marlia Mango: Metal work
Antony Cutler: Ivory, steatite, enamel, and glass
John Lowden: Book production
John Haldon: Military technology and warfare
John Pryor: Shipping and seafaring
Michael Decker: Everyday technologies
III. Institutions and Relationships
1: Hierarchies
Jeffrey Featherstone: Emperor and court
Jean-Claude Cheynet: Bureaucracy and aristocracies
Mary Cunningham: Clergy, monks, and laity
2: The State
John Haldon: Structures and administration
John Haldon: Army
Wolfram Brandes & John Haldon: Revenues and expenditure
3: The Church
Michael Angold and Michael Whitby: Structures and administration
Clarence Gallagher: Councils
Clarence Gallagher: The Two Churches
Robert Taft: Liturgy
John McGuckin: Monasticism and monasteries
Timothy Miller: Charitable institutions
4: Alan Harvey: The economy
5: Society
Liz James: Role of women
Ruth Macrides: Families and kinship
Gunther Prinzing: Patronage and retinues
Anthony Bryer: Food, wine, and feasting
Charlotte Roueche: Entertainment, theatre and hippodrome
Peregrine Hordern: Hospitals and hygiene
6: Bernard Stolte: Justice: legal literature
7: The spiritual world
Andrew Louth: Byzantine theology
Dominic O'Meara & Katerina Hieradiakonou: Philosophies
8: The symbolic world
Henry Maguire: Art and text
Nancy Sevcenko: Art and liturgy
Jas Elsner: Art and pilgrimage
Robin Cormack: Art and iconoclasm
Maria Vassilaki: Icons
Antony Eastmond: Art and the periphery
9: Language, education and literacy
Geoffrey Horrocks: Language
Athanasios Markopoulos: Education
Michael Jeffreys: Literacy
Anne Tihon: Numeracy and science
Nigel Wilson: Libraries
10: Literature
Elizabeth Jeffreys: Rhetoric
Michael Whitby & Michael Angold: Historiography
Andrew Louth: Theology
Alice-Mary Talbot: Hagiography
Mary Cunningham: Homilies
Margaret Mullett: Epistolography
Wolfram Horander: Poetry and romances
Eric McGeer: 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 rulers, patriarchs, and popes
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