xxix, 1021 pages : 26 cm

This handbook contains articles by leading experts on all significant aspects of the diverse and fast-growing field of Byzantine studies, which deals with the history and culture of the Byzantine Empire, the eastern half of the Late Roman Empire from the fourth to the 14th century

Includes bibliographical references and index

Byzantine Studies as an academic discipline / Elizabeth Jeffreys, John Haldon, Robin Cormack -- Instrumenta : Tools for the study of the discipline : Primary sources / John Haldon -- Chronology and dating / Anthony Bryer -- Late Roman and Byzantine weights and weighing equipment / Christopher Entwistle -- Archaeology / James Crow -- Critical approaches to art history / Leslie Brubaker -- Iconography / Kathleen Corrigan -- Literary criticism / Panagiotis A. Agapitos -- Textual criticism / Michael Jeffreys -- Lexicography and electronic textual resources / Erich Trapp -- Greek palaeography / Nigel Wilson -- Papyrology / Todd Hickey -- Documents : Imperial chrysobulls / Andreas E. Müller -- Athos / Rosemary Morris -- Venetian Crete / Sally McKee -- Epigraphy / Cyril Mango -- Sigillography / John Nesbitt -- Numismatics / Eurydike Georganteli -- Prosopography / Dion Smythe -- Dendrochronology / Peter Ian Kuniholm -- Brickstamps / Jonathan Bardill -- Topography of Constantinople / Cecily Hennessy

The political geography of the Byzantine world : Geographical survey / Mark Whittow -- Political-historical survey : c.250-518 / Geoffrey Greatrex -- 518-800 / John Haldon -- 800-1204 / Catherine Holmes -- 1204-1453 / Angeliki Laiou -- Communications: Roads and bridges / Klaus Belke -- Population, demography, and disease / Dionysios Stathakopoulos -- Settlement : Towns and cities / Helen Saradi -- The village / Alan Harvey -- Buildings and their decoration : Building materials and techniques / Jonathan Bardill -- Churches and monasteries / Robert Ousterhout -- Secular and military buildings / Charalambos Bakirtzis -- Wall-paintings and mosaics / Robin Cormack -- Production, manufacture, and technology : Agriculture and agricultural technology / Michael Decker -- Fabrics and clothing / Maria Parani -- Silk production / David Jacoby -- Ceramics / Pamela Armstrong -- Metalwork / Marlia Mundell Mango -- Ivory, steatite, enamel, and glass / Anthony Cutler -- Book production / John Lowden -- Military technology and warfare / John Haldon -- Shipping and seafaring / John Pryor -- Everyday technologies / Michael Decker

Hierarchies : Emperor and court / Jeffrey Featherstone -- Bureaucracy and aristocracies / Jean-Claude Cheynet -- Clergy, monks, and laity / Mary Cunningham -- The State : Structures and administration / John Haldon -- The army / John Haldon -- Revenues and expenditure / Wolfram Brandes, John Haldon -- The Church : Structures and administration / Michael Angold, Michael Whitby -- The episcopal councils in the East / Clarence Gallagher -- The two Churches / Clarence Gallagher-- Liturgy / Robert Taft -- Monasticism and monasteries / John McGuckin -- Charitable institutions / Timothy Miller -- The economy / Alan Harvey -- Society : The Role of women / Liz James -- Families and kinship / Ruth Macrides -- Patronage and retinues / Gunter Prinzing -- Food, wine, and feasting / Anthony Bryer -- Entertainments, theatre, and hippodrome / Charlotte Roueché -- Health, hygiene, and healing / Peregrine Horden -- Justice : Legal literature / Bernard Stolte -- The spiritual world : Byzantine theology / Andrew Louth -- Philosophies / Katerina Ierodiakonou, Dominic O'Meara -- The symbolic world : Art and text / Henry Maguire -- Art and liturgy / Nancy P. Ševčenko -- Art and pilgrimage / Jas Elsner -- Art and iconoclasm / Robin Cormack -- Icons / Maria Vassilaki -- Art and the periphery / Antony Eastmond -- Language, education, and literacy -- Language / Geoffrey Horrocks -- Education / Athanasios Markopoulos -- Literacy / Michael Jeffreys -- Numeracy and science / Anne Tihon -- Libraries / Nigel Wilson -- Literature : Rhetoric / Elizabeth Jeffreys -- Historiography / Michael Angold, Michael Whitby -- Theological literature / Andrew Louth -- Hagiography / Alice-Mary Talbot -- Homilies / Mary Cunningham -- Epistolography / Margaret Mullett -- Poetry and romances / Wolfram Hörandner -- Military texts / Eric McGeer -- Music / Alexander Lingas -- Byzantium and its neighbours / James Howard-Johnston -- Byzantium's role in world history / Cyril Mango -- Appendices : Rulers -- Patriarchs and popes

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