Changing Cultures in Early Byzantium (Collected Studies Series, 536)

Cameron, Averil

Variorum（1996/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 336 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780860785873
• DDC分類 949.5

Full Description

These essays on the history and archaeology of Byzantine Asia Minor from the 4th-14th centuries include regional surveys of the south-west (Lycia and (Pampylia), as well as discussions of specific sites and other monuments. A variety of surviving remains are put into historical context, in order to show that the archaeological record is essential for recreating and understanding the nature and development of the Byzantine Empire.

Contents

Eustratius' "Life" of the Patriarch Eutychius and the fifth Ecumenical Council; models of the past in the late sixth century - the life of the Patriarch Eutychius; disputations, polemical literature and the formation of opinion in the early Byzantine period; the eastern provinces in the seventh century AD - Hellenism and the emergence of Islam; Byzantium and the past in the seventh century - the search for redefinition; Cyprus at the time of the Arab conquests; Byzantine Africa; Gelimer's laughter - the case of Byzantine Africa; Corippus' "Iohannis" - epic of Byzantine Africa; the Byzantine reconquest of North Africa and the impact of Greek culture; the history of the image of Edessa; the language of images - the rise of icons and Christian representation; the use and abuse of Byzantium.