Author: Emily Albu HanawaltPublisher: Holy Cross Orthodox Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
A presentation of translated Greek sources in English.
An Annotated Bibliography of Byzantine Sources in English Translation
Author: Emily Albu HanawaltPublisher: Holy Cross Orthodox Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
A presentation of translated Greek sources in English.
Byzantine Sources in Translation
Author: Paul HalsallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This is a preliminary bibliography of Byzantine sources and editions. The goal is to list available translations of Byzantine sources in western European languages. It is present in one very large file so that it can be easily searched and printed out.
A History of Byzantium
Author: Timothy E. GregoryPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444359975
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
This revised and expanded edition of the widely-praised A History of Byzantium covers the time of Constantine the Great in AD 306 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Expands treatment of the middle and later Byzantine periods, incorporating new archaeological evidence Includes additional maps and photographs, and a newly annotated, updated bibliography Incorporates a new section on web resources for Byzantium studies Demonstrates that Byzantium was important in its own right but also served as a bridge between East and West and ancient and modern society Situates Byzantium in its broader historical context with a new comparative timeline and textboxes
Historical Dictionary of Byzantium
Author: John H. RosserPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810866218
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
The Byzantine Empire is often overlooked by Western scholars as an offshoot of Greco-Roman tradition, an Eastern empire of little significance to Western European tradition. Find out more about the Byzantine Empire-its beginnings, development, and fall are all summarized here in this comprehensive resource.
Byzantine Dress
Author: J. BallPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137057793
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
In Byzantium there were two overlapping systems of dress: a semiotic one whereby dress was a code for rank and wealth, and a fashion system where dress was based on the desire to look a certain way. This book explains secular dress from the eighth to the twelfth centuries through an examination of painted representations.
Byzantine Studies
Author: Holy Women of Byzantium
Author: Alice-Mary Maffry TalbotPublisher: Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN: 9780884022480
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
These ten holy women, whose vitae range from the tenth to the thirteenth centuries, represent a wide variety of Byzantine female saints. From nuns disguised as monks to desert harlots, these holy women exemplify some of the divergent paths to sanctification in Byzantium. These vitae are also notable for their details of Byzantine life, providing information on family life and household management, monastic routines, and even a smallpox epidemic. Life of St. Mary/Marinos Life of St. Matrona of Perge Life of St. Mary of Egypt Life of St. Theoktiste of Lesbos Life of St. Elisabeth the Wonderworker Life of St. Athanasia of Aegina Life of St. Theodora of Thessalonike Life of St. Mary the Younger Life of St. Thoma s of Lesbos Life of St. Theodora of Arta
Europe in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
Author: Denys HayPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317871901
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
The second edition of this highly successful textbook analyses the structure of later medieval society in Europe, identifies its main groups and their political programmes, and examines their impact on the political, economic and social history of the major European states. There are many additions and expansions in this new edition, and the important chapter on the Central Monarchies (of Poland, Hungary, Bohemia, Rumania and Lithuania) has been newly contributed by Professor J M Bak of the University of British Columbia.
Three Byzantine Literatures
Author: Ihor ŠevčenkoPublisher: Holy Cross Orthodox Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
One of the Nicholas E Kulukundis Lectures in the History of Hellenism by a noted Byzantinist.
The Codex of Justinian
Author: Bruce W. FrierPublisher:
ISBN: 0521196825
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 3364
Book Description
The first reliable annotated English translation, with original texts, of one of the central sources of the Western legal tradition.