Byzantine Empire

The reign of Basil II (976-1025), the longest of any Byzantine emperor, has long been considered as a 'golden age', in which his greatest achievement was the annexation of Bulgaria. This, we have been told, was achieved through a long and bloody war of...

Is Byzantine Studies a colonialist discipline? Rather than provide a definitive answer to this question, this book defines the parameters of the debate and proposes ways of thinking about what it would mean to engage seriously with the field's political...

After the recapture of Constantinople, Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos was determined to bring glory back to the Byzantine Empire. To achieve this, he established an Imperial Fleet and raised new regiments of elite marine troops. This work provides a...

On August 15, 1199, Pope Innocent III called for a renewed effort to deliver Jerusalem from the Infidel, but the Fourth Crusade had a very different outcome from the one he preached. Proceeding no further than Constantinople, the Crusaders sacked the...

The Byzantine empire was one of the most powerful forces in the Mediterranean and Near East for over a thousand years. Strong military organization, in particular widespread fortifications, was essential for its defence. Yet this aspect of its history is...

Gregory Palamas, a monk of Mount Athos and metropolitan of Thessalonike from 1347 to 1357, was a leading fourteenth-century Byzantine intellectual. He was the chief spokesman for the hesychasts in the controversy bearing that name, which began when a...

Why the marginalized story of Byzantium has much to teach us about Western historyFor many, Byzantium remains byzantine-obscure, marginal, difficult. Despite the efforts of some recent historians, prejudices still deform understanding of the Byzantine...

A detailed revelation of what was eaten in the court of the Eastern Roman Empire, accompanied by colourful descriptions of the sights and smells of Constantinople and its marketplaces. For centuries, the food and culinary delights of the Byzantine...

The reign of Manuel I (1143-1180) marked the high point of the revival of the Byzantine empire under the Comnenian dynasty. It was, however, followed by a rapid decline, leading to the sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. This book, the...

Theodore (759-826), abbot of the influential Constantinopolitan monastery of Stoudios, is celebrated as a saint by the Orthodox Church for his stalwart defense of icon veneration. Three important texts promoting the monastery and the memory of its...

Originally the eastern half of the mighty Roman Empire, Byzantium grew to be one of the longest-surviving empires in world history, spanning nine centuries and three continents. It was a land of contrasts - from the glittering centre at Constantinople,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884024842Author Nathanael AschenbrennerFormat HardbackPage Count 478Imprint Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionPublisher Dumbarton Oaks Research...

This is the first major study to comprehensively analyze the art and architecture of the archdiocese of Bari and Canosa during the Byzantine period and the upheaval of the Norman conquest. The book places Bari and Canosa in a Mediterranean context,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637587423Author Robert SpencerFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Bombardier BooksPublisher Bombardier BooksWeight(grams) 599g

The book presents the biography of Maria, daughter of Christopher Lekapenos (the eldest son of emperor Romanos I). For about 35 years, she was the tsaritsa of the Bulgarians at the side of her husband, Tsar Peter (927-969). Her character is but dimly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641890281Author Nathan LeidholmFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Arc Humanities PressPublisher Arc Humanities Press

The eleventh century marked a turning point in the history of the Byzantine Empire. At its start Byzantium was the paramount power in the Mediterranean world, by turns feared, respected and admired. By the century's close the empire had lost half of its...

A portrait of history's first complex Christian society as seen through the lens of Christian philanthropy and gift giving As the Roman Empire broke down in western Europe, its prosperity moved decisively eastward, to what is now known as the Byzantine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884024644Author Margaret MullettFormat HardbackPage Count 462Imprint Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionPublisher Dumbarton Oaks Research...

The 10th-century treatise on the military provinces (the 'themes') of the medieval East Roman (Byzantine) empire is one of the most enigmatic of the works ascribed to the emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos. A mix of historical geography, imperial...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884024767Author Eleni KefalaFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionPublisher Dumbarton Oaks Research Library &...

The history of Byzantium pivots around the eleventh century, during which it reached its apogee in terms of power, prestige, and territorial extension, only then to plunge into steep political decline following serious military defeats and extensive...

The eleventh century marked a turning point in the history of the Byzantine Empire. At its start Byzantium was the paramount power in the Mediterranean world, by turns feared, respected and admired. By the century's close the empire had lost half of its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884024859Author George AmiroutzesFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionPublisher Dumbarton Oaks Research...

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Armenians in the Byzantine Empire is a new study exploring the relationship between the Armenians and Byzantines from the ninth through eleventh centuries. Utilising primary sources from multiple traditions, the evidence is clear that until the eleventh...

What is the contemporary cultural legacy of Byzantium or The Eastern Roman Empire? This book explores the varied reception history of the Byzantine Empire across a range of cultural production. Split into four sections: the origins of 'Byzantomania' in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925937749Author Ghazar Parpec'i (Parpetsi)Format PaperbackPage Count 422Imprint Sophene Pty LtdPublisher Sophene Pty LtdWeight(grams) 617g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736656181Author Frederick LauritzenFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Franciscan University PressPublisher Franciscan University Press

This study reconstructs Hypatia’s existential and intellectual life and her modern Nachleben through a reception-oriented and interdisciplinary approach. Unlike previous publications on the subject, Hypatia explores all available ancient and medieval...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781960069603Author Hippolytus of ThebesFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint Dalcassian Publishing CompanyPublisher Dalcassian Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781312105201Author Douglas Deffenbaugh of Rome-FrankfurtFormat HardbackPage Count 528Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 1497g

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St. Gregory Palamas (ca. 1296–1357) is among the most well-known and celebrated theologians of late Byzantium. This book provides a comprehensive account of the essence-energies distinction across his twenty-five treatises and letters written over a...

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En Sofia mathitefsantes: Essays in Byzantine Material Culture and Society in Honour of Sophia Kalopissi-Verti contains a collection of thirty studies dedicated to Sophia Kalopissi-Verti by her students which celebrate the multifaceted academic and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884025009Author Colin M. WhitingFormat HardbackPage Count 378Imprint Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionPublisher Dumbarton Oaks Research...

This volume interrogates the assumption that Visigothic practices and institutions were mere imitations of the Byzantine empire. Contributors rethink these practices not as uncritical and derivative adoptions of Byzantine customs, but as dynamic...

Tsar Peter (927-969), this book's protagonist, is all too frequently presented in modern scholarship as a weak ruler, devoid of any grander political aspirations, and focused on religious matters-pious, but neglecting the vital interests of his subjects...