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Vision and Meaning in Ninth-Century Byzantium deals with how such visual communication worked and examines the types of messages that pictures could convey in the aftermath of Iconoclasm.
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This book describes the role of Byzantine (predominantly ecclesiastical) diplomacy in the emergence of... Læs mere
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A comprehensive portrayal of the history, society, economy, culture, religious life, art and archaeology of Egypt from the fourth to the seventh centuries. Attention... Læs mere
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This 2003 illustrated, revisionary account of the long reign of the Byzantine emperor Basil II (976–1025) establishes that the 'Bulgar-slayer' legend was in fact... Læs mere
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Who 'lost' Christian North Africa? Who won and how? Walter Kaegi examines these perennial questions, with maps and on-site observations, in this... Læs mere
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This study is the first to systematically investigate Byzantine imperial ideology, court rhetoric and political thought after the Latin... Læs mere
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This book presents the first analytical account in English of the major developments within Byzantine culture, society and the state in the crucial formative period from c. 610 to 717.
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Using hagiography, chronicles and, in particular, the archives of the Athonite monasteries, this book reassesses the role of monks in Byzantine society and... Læs mere
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This text was the first book-length application of network analysis to the ancient world. Using the abundant papyrological evidence from sixth-century Oxyrhynchos and... Læs mere
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Iconoclasm, the debate about the legitimacy of religious art in Byzantium during the eighth and early ninth centuries, has long gripped the historical... Læs mere
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In describing life and conditions in the seventh-century Byzantine east, Professor Kaegi examines how the empire came to lose so much of its territory to Islamic conquerors. He also seeks to explain how the Byzantine government reacted to this loss.
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How does an individual become a Saint? In this bold and pioneering study the author answers the question by providing a detailed analysis of the case of the late twelfth- and early thirteenth century Byzantine holy man, the Cypriot Saint Neophytos the Recluse.