Byzantium in the Ninth Century: Dead or Alive? - Papers from the Thirtieth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Birmingham, March 1996 (Hardcover, New edition)

9th-century Byzantium has always been viewed as a mid-point between Iconoclasm and the so-called Macedonian revival; in scholarly terms it is often treated as a 'dead' century. The object of these papers is to question such an assumption. They present a picture of political and military developments, legal and literary innovations, artisanal production, and religious and liturgical changes from the Anatolian plateau to the Greek-speaking areas of Italy that are only now gradually emerging as distinct. Investigation of how the 9th-century Byzantine world was perceived by outsiders also reveals much about Byzantine success and failure in promoting particular views of itself. The chapters here, by an international group of scholars, embody current research in this field; they recover many lost aspects of 9th-century Byzantium and shed new light on the Mediterranean world in a transitional century. The papers in this volume derive from the 30th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, held for the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies at the University of Birmingham in March 1996.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Publications of the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies
Release date:	May 1998
First published:	1998
Editors:	Leslie Brubaker
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-86078-686-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	0-86078-686-2
Barcode:	9780860786863

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