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Originally published in 1911, this book was written to provide an index for a work by Manuel I. Gedeon, probably written between 1885 and 1890, presenting 'short lives... Læs mere
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This first book-length study of Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the Byzantine Empire examines his use of... Læs mere
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This comprehensive study of Michael Psellos, one of the greatest intellectual figures of Byzantine history, offers a survey of Greek rhetoric and... Læs mere
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A major study and an essential reference work, this book presents a critical evaluation of the sources on the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
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Involving a vast number of texts, saintly heroes and authors, Byzantine hagiography stands out as a field of scholarly research highly... Læs mere
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The conquest of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade shattered irreversibly the political and cultural unity of the Byzantine world in the Greek peninsula, the Aegean and western Asia Minor. This volume brings together western medievalists, Byzantinists and Ottomanists.
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A third collection of articles that covers the period 1996-2006, the decade since the appearance of "The Great Tradition". It covers subjects that range from Plato himself and the Old Academy, through Philo and Middle Platonism, to the Neoplatonists and beyond.
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Bringing together international scholars from across a range of linked disciplines to examine the concept of the person in the Greek Christian East, this book stretches in its scope from the New Testament to contemporary debates surrounding personhood in Eastern Orthodoxy.
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This volume focuses on the relationship between Greek medical texts and their audience(s), offering insights into how not only the backgrounds and skills of medical authors but also the contemporary environment affected issues of readership, methodology and mode of exposition.
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Eger offers a more complex vision of this dividing line than has been traditionally disseminated. With analysis grounded in archaeological evidence as well the relevant historical texts, Eger brings together a nuanced exploration of this vital element of medieval history.
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Regarded as the elite arm of the military during the Middle Byzantine period, the cavalry executed high speed reconnaissance, agile arrow barrages and crippling blows to enemy formations. This book offers an examination of their training, weaponry, dress and daily life.
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A fascinating, illustrated account of the betrayal of Byzantium, the clash of Western and Eastern Christian factions and the sacking of Constantinople.