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This book studies the Arabic-Islamic view of Byzantium, tracing the Byzantine image as it evolved through centuries of warfare, contact, and exchanges. Including previously inaccessible material on the Arabic textual tradition on Byzantium, this investigation shows the significa…
The Millennium Studies seek to cross borders, boundaries between epochs and regional spaces, as well as boundaries between disciplines. Millennium is international, transdisciplinary and epoch-wide. The editorial board and the advisory board represent a broad spectrum of subject…
"Insanity and Sanctity in Byzantium aims to understand how the use of psychological abnormality functions in deep societal transformations, producing a major shift in the religious, cultural, mental, and social aspects. The book examines a particular set of religious phenomena, …
Byzantine medicine remains a little known and misrepresented field not only in the context of debates on medieval medicine, but also among Byzantinists themselves. It is often viewed as 'stagnant' and mainly preserving ancient ideas, and our knowledge of it continues to be based…
Byzantine medicine remains a little known and misrepresented field not only in the context of debates on medieval medicine, but also among Byzantinists themselves. It is often viewed as 'stagnant' and mainly preserving ancient ideas, and our knowledge of it continues to be based…
This volume focuses on the relationship between Greek medical texts and their audience(s), offering insights into how not only the backgrounds and skills of medical authors but also the contemporary environment affected issues of readership, methodology and mode of exposition. O…
This volume focuses on the relationship between Greek medical texts and their audience(s), offering insights into how not only the backgrounds and skills of medical authors but also the contemporary environment affected issues of readership, methodology and mode of exposition. O…
Die Geschichte der byzantinischen Rechtsquellen von Spyros Troianos ist nach Umfang und Detailliertheit konkurrenzlos. Ihre Übersetzung aus dem Neugriechischen, verbunden mit einer umfassenden Ergänzung und Anpassung an den gegenwärtigen Forschungsstand auf diesem noch in ständi…
Despite amounting to a mere one percent of the population of the Byzantine Empire, the Jews there left a lasting mark on the economic development of the region, particularly in the sector of textile trade and production. At the same time, the Jews engaged in an entire set of pro…
The term “sgraffito” refers to a ceramic decorative technique in which a design is cut through a light-colored slip to reveal the dark-colored earthenware body of the vessel's fabric. Sgraffito ware was one of the most common and widespread forms of regular tableware in Islam an…
This dissertation examines the spiritual theology of Peter of Damascus, a twelfth-century Byzantine monk and spiritual theologian who flourished around 1157. To accomplish this I employ the two works of spiritual theology authored by Peter: “The Book of our Holy and God-bearing …
Despite some renewed interest in the study of Byzantium and the pre-Islamic near east, the final military confrontation between the Byzantine and Persian empires that began in 603 remains a footnote in most historical narratives. When referenced, it is often discussed as a facto…
This study examines the role of the cross and its cult in relation to the cult of images and iconoclasm. It focuses particularly on the Iconoclastic Controversy of the eighth and ninth centuries in Byzantium and the medieval west. The literature of that controversy, synodal acts…
The present dissertation studies St. Theodore of Studion's theology of icon as he elaborated it in the context of the iconoclastic controversy of his time. The problem is introduced first against the background of the Christological debate of the fifth and sixth centuries, where…
Chapter 2 examined the importance of the city in Greek thought. The Greek culture of Antioch was inspected and the effect on Antioch of Greek thinking about the ideal of city. This chapter concluded with an investigation of the goal of renewing cities found in the writings of tw…
This dissertation historicizes the formation the Syrian Orthodox Church in the first half of the sixth century. The council of Chalcedon in 451 CE divided eastern Christianity. Those who opposed the council separated from the church of the empire after Justin I in 518 CE tried t…