{"product_id":"reading-in-the-byzantine-empire-and-beyond-hardback-9781108418416","title":"Reading in the Byzantine Empire and Beyond (Hardback) 9781108418416","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReading in the Byzantine Empire and Beyond\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first comprehensive introduction in English to books, readers and reading in Byzantium and the wider medieval world surrounding it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTeresa Shawcross (Edited by), Ida Toth (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108418416, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 October 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e742 pages, 3 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 4.3 cm, 1.18 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Scholars and interested readers will find a wide range of texts with extensive and informative notes and a lengthy bibliography.' S. Bowman, Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOffering a comprehensive introduction to the history of books, readers and reading in the Byzantine Empire and its sphere of influence, this volume addresses a paradox. Advanced literacy was rare among imperial citizens, being restricted by gender and class. Yet the state's economic, religious and political institutions insisted on the fundamental importance of the written record. Starting from the materiality of codices, documents and inscriptions, the volume's contributors draw attention to the evidence for a range of interactions with texts. They examine the role of authors, compilers and scribes. They look at practices such as the close perusal of texts in order to produce excerpts, notes, commentaries and editions. But they also analyse the social implications of the constant intersection of writing with both image and speech. Showcasing current methodological approaches, this collection of essays aims to place a discussion of Byzantium within the mainstream of medieval textual studies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction to books, readers, and reading\u003cbr\u003e I. Byzantium: a bookish world Teresa Shawcross\u003cbr\u003e II. Modern encounters with Byzantine texts and their reading publics Ida Toth\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Love for the Written Word: Section 1. The Emotions of Reading: 1. John Mauropous and the benefits of reading Marina Bazzani\u003cbr\u003e 2. The autobiographies of the Patriarch Gennadios II Scholarios Michael Angold\u003cbr\u003e Section 2. Centre and Margins: 3. The role of the speeches of John the Oxite in Komnenian court politics Judith R. Ryder\u003cbr\u003e 4. The liturgical poetics of an elite religious confraternity Paul Magdalino\u003cbr\u003e 5. Manuscript notes and the Black Death in rural Cyprus Tassos Papacostas\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Contact with a Living Culture: Section 3. The Power of Rhetoric: 6. Ancient Greek rhetorical theory and Byzantine discursive politics: John Sikeliotes on Hermogenes Panagiotis Roilos\u003cbr\u003e 7. Memoirs as manifesto: the rhetoric of Katakalon Kekaumenos Jonathan Shepard\u003cbr\u003e 8. Performative reading in the late Byzantine theatron Niels Gaul\u003cbr\u003e Section 4. Religious Texts: 9. The religious world of John Malalas David M. Gwynn\u003cbr\u003e 10. Oikonomia in the hymns of Romanos the Melode Johannes Koder\u003cbr\u003e 11. Quotation and allusion in Symeon the New Theologian Manolis S. Patedakis\u003cbr\u003e 12. Scriptural citation in Andronikos Kamateros Alessandra Bucossi\u003cbr\u003e Section 5. Secular Texts: 13. Aristocratic family narratives in twelfth-century Byzantium Peter Frankopan\u003cbr\u003e 14. Historiography, epic and the textual transmission of imperial values: Liudprand's Antapodosis and Digenes Akrites Günter Prinzing\u003cbr\u003e 15. Intertextuality in the Late Byzantine romance Tale of Troy Ulrich Moennig\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Communication and Influence: Section 6. Educational Practices: 16. Late Byzantine school teaching through the iambic canons and their paraphrase Dimitrios Skrekas\u003cbr\u003e Section 7. Text and Image: 17. Eros, literature and the Veroli Casket Liz James\u003cbr\u003e 18. Object, text and performance in four Komnenian poems Margaret Mullett\u003cbr\u003e 19. Textual and visual representations of the Antipodes from Byzantium and the Latin West Maja Kominko\u003cbr\u003e Section 8. Interlingual Circulation and Transmission: 20. Basil I, Constantine VII and Armenian literary tradition in Byzantium Tim Greenwood\u003cbr\u003e 21. Bilingual reading, the Alexiad and the Gesta Roberti Wiscardi James Howard-Johnston\u003cbr\u003e 22. Transplanting culture: from Greek novel to medieval romance Roderick Beaton\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Modern Reading as Textual Archaeology: Section 9. Traces of Authorship: 23. Anonymous textual survivals from Late Antiquity Fiona K. Haarer\u003cbr\u003e 24. Authorship and the Letters of Theodore Daphnopates John Duffy\u003cbr\u003e 25. Authorship revisited: language and metre in the Ptochoprodromika Marjolijne C. Janssen and Marc D. Lauxtermann\u003cbr\u003e Section 10. Recovered Languages: 26. The lexicon of horses' colours in learned and vernacular texts Erich Trapp\u003cbr\u003e 27. Multilingualism and translation in the edition of vernacular texts Manolis Papathomopoulos\u003cbr\u003e Afterword: reading and hearing in Byzantium Elizabeth Jeffreys and Michael Jeffreys.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20history:%20c%20500%20to%20c%201450\/1500%20%5BHBLC%5D%22\"\u003eHBLC\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912961089816,"sku":"9781108418416","price":112.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108418416i.jpg?v=1696754006","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reading-in-the-byzantine-empire-and-beyond-hardback-9781108418416","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}