The Byzantine World presents the latest insights of the leading
scholars in the fields of Byzantine studies, history, art and
architectural history, literature, and theology. Those who know
little of Byzantine history, culture and civilization between AD
700 and 1453 will find overviews and distillations, while those who
know much already will be afforded countless new vistas. Each
chapter offers an innovative approach to a well-known topic or a
diversion from a well-trodden path. Readers will be introduced to
Byzantine women and children, men and eunuchs, emperors,
patriarchs, aristocrats and slaves. They will explore churches and
fortifications, monasteries and palaces, from Constantinople to
Cyprus and Syria in the east, and to Apulia and Venice in the west.
Secular and sacred art, profane and spiritual literature will be
revealed to the reader, who will be encouraged to read, see, smell
and touch. The worlds of Byzantine ceremonial and sanctity, liturgy
and letters, Orthodoxy and heresy will be explored, by both leading
and innovative international scholars. Ultimately, readers will
find insights into the emergence of modern Byzantine studies and of
popular Byzantine history that are informative, novel and
unexpected, and that provide a thorough understanding of both.
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