"This is a new edition of Timothy Gregory's narrative of Byzantine history from the time of Constantine the Great (306-337) to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Gregory uses the chronological political history of the empire as a narrative frame, but balances politics with a co…
"John Skylitzes' extraordinary Middle Byzantine chronicle covers the reigns of the Byzantine emperors from the death of Nicephorus I in 811 to the deposition of Michael VI in 1057, and provides the only surviving continuous narrative of the late tenth and early eleventh centurie…
"John Skylitzes' extraordinary Middle Byzantine chronicle covers the reigns of the Byzantine emperors from the death of Nicephorus I in 811 to the deposition of Michael VI in 1057, and provides the only surviving continuous narrative of the late tenth and early eleventh centurie…
In spite of the Orthodox liturgy's reputation for resistance to change, Byzantine liturgical dress underwent a period of extraordinary elaboration from the end of the eleventh century onwards. As part of this development, embroideries depicting holy figures and scenes began to a…
A translation with commentary of all the legal texts from a transformative and little understood period in Byzantine history
A translation with commentary of all the legal texts from a transformative and little understood period in Byzantine history.
A translation with commentary of all the legal texts from a transformative and little understood period in Byzantine history.
A translation with commentary of all the legal texts from a transformative and little understood period in Byzantine history. The eighth century was a turbulent time for Byzantium. Beset by war, plague and religious division, this remnant of the Rome fought for survival. Severe…
