The Cambridge History of the Byzantine Empire c.500-1492

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-521-83231-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 1228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 2020 g

Byzantium lasted a thousand years, ruled to the end by self-styled 'emperors of the Romans'. It underwent kaleidoscopic territorial and structural changes, yet recovered repeatedly from disaster: even after the near-impregnable Constantinople fell in 1204, variant forms of the empire reconstituted themselves. The Cambridge History of the Byzantine Empire tells the story, tracing political and military events, religious controversies and economic change. It offers clear, authoritative chapters on the main events and periods, with more detailed chapters on particular outlying regions, neighbouring powers or aspects of Byzantium. With aids such as a glossary, an alternative place-name table and references to English translations of sources, it will be valuable as an introduction. However, it also offers stimulating new approaches and important new findings, making it essential reading for postgraduates and for specialists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shepard, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Byzantinische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General introduction Jonathan Shepard; Part I. The Earlier Empire (c.500–c.700): 1. Justinian and his legacy (500–600) Andrew Louth; 2. Eastern neighbours: a. Persia and the Sasanian monarchy (224–651) Zeev Rubin; b. Armenia (400–600) R. W. Thomson; c. The Arabs to the time of the Prophet Lawrence I. Conrad; 3. Western approaches (500–600) John Moorhead; 4. Byzantium transforming (600–700) Andrew Louth; Part II. The Middle Empire (c.700–1204): 5. State of emergency (700–850) Marie-France Auzépy; 6. After iconoclasm (850–886) Shaun Tougher; 7. Religious missions Sergey A. Ivanov; 8. Armenian neighbours (600–1045) T. W. Greenwood; 9. Confronting Islam: emperors versus caliphs (641–c.850) Walter E. Kaegi; 10. Western approaches (700–900) Michael McCormick; 11. Byzantine Italy (680–876) Thomas S. Brown; 12. The middle Byzantine economy (600–1204) Mark Whittow; 13. Equilibrium to expansion (886–1025) Jonathan Shepard; 14. Western approaches (900–1025) Jonathan Shepard; 15. Byzantium and southern Italy (876–1000) G. A. Loud; 16. Belle époque or crisis? (1025–1118) Michael Angold; 17. The empire of the Komnenoi (1118–1204) Paul Magdalino; 18. Balkan borderlands (1018–1204) Paul Stephenson; 19. Raiders and neighbours: the Turks (1040–1304) D. A. Korobeinikov; Part III. The Byzantine Lands in the Later Middle Ages (1204–1492): 20. After the Fourth Crusade: a. The Greek rump states and the recovery of Byzantium Michael Angold; b. The Latin empire of Constantinople and the Frankish states David Jacoby; 21. Balkans powers: Albania, Serbia and Bulgaria (1200–1300) Alain Ducellier; 22. The Palaiologoi and the world around them (1261–1400) Angeliki E. Laiou; 23. Latins in the Aegean and the Balkans (1300–1400) Michel Balard; 24. The Roman orthodox world (1393–1492) Anthony Bryer.

Über Autor(innen)

Shepard, Jonathan
Jonathan Shepard was for many years a Lecturer in History at the University of Cambridge, and was a Fellow of Selwyn College and of Peterhouse. He is the co-editor (with Simon Franklin) of Byzantine Diplomacy (1992), co-author (also with Simon Franklin) of The Emergence of Rus, 750-1200 (1996), author of Nespokoyni s'sedi: b'lgaro-vizantiyska konfrontatsiya, obmen i s'zhitelstvo prez srednite vekove [Uneasy neighbours: Bulgaro-Byzantine confrontation, exchange and co-existence in the Middle Ages] (2007) and editor of The Expansion of Orthodox Europe: Byzantium, the Balkans and Russia (2007). Shepard is Doctor Honoris Causa of St Kliment Ohrid University in Sofia.