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The Byzantines
Winner of the 2006 John D. Criticos Prize "Averil Cameron’s The Byzantines marks a welcome departure from most previous attempts to portray and characterize Byzantine civilization. The book focuses squarely on the people of the Byzantine Empire, their views of themselves and their culture, and how these changed over time. The result is a remarkably clear view of who the Byzantines were, and the book will contribute significantly to a restoration of Byzantium to its rightful place at the center of the historical tradition of Europe."
—Timothy Gregory, Ohio State University
Averil Cameron (Author)
9781405198332, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 6 November 2009
304 pages
23 x 15.4 x 1.7 cm, 0.435 kg
"The Byzantines is a welcome addition to the renewal of Byzantine Studies in contemporary academia." (Canadian Journal of History, winter 2009) Winner of the 2006 John D. Criticos Prize "Seeks consistently to place Byzantium in Context and to make the reader question fundamental preconceptions about the Byzantine empire." (Anglo-Hellenic Review)
Winner of the 2006 John D. Criticos Prize This book introduces the reader to the complex history, ethnicity, and identity of the Byzantines.
List of Figures vi List of Maps vii Preface viii Acknowledgements xiii Abbreviations xv 1 What was Byzantium? 1 2 The Changing Shape of Byzantium: From Late Antiquity to 1025 20 3 The Changing Shape of Byzantium: From 1025 to 1453 40 4 The Byzantine Mirage 63 5 Ruling the Byzantine State 78 6 An Orthodox Society? 96 7 How People Lived 116 8 Education and Culture 133 9 Byzantium and Europe 163 10 Byzantium and the Mediterranean 179 Conclusion 197 Chronology 199 References 207 Notes 229 Index 260
Subject Areas: History [HB]
