{"product_id":"the-byzantines-isbn-9780631202622","title":"The Byzantines","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2006 John D. Criticos Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book introduces the reader to the complex history, ethnicity, and identity of the Byzantines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThis volume brings Byzantium – often misconstrued as a vanished successor to the classical world – to the forefront of European history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDeconstructs stereotypes surrounding Byzantium\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBeautifully illustrated with photographs and maps\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Figures. \u003cp\u003eMaps.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. What was Byzantium?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The changing shape of Byzantium: from late antiquity to the tenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The changing shape of Byzantium: from the tenth century to 1453.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Byzantine mirage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Ruling the Byzantine state.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. An orthodox society?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. How people lived.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Education and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Byzantium and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Byzantium and the Mediterranean.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eThe B.yzantines is a welcome addition to the renewal of Byzantine Studies in contemporary academia.\" (\u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of History\u003c\/i\u003e, winter 2009)  \u003cp\u003e\"Seeks consistently to place Byzantium in Context and to make the reader question fundamental preconceptions about the Byzantine empire.\" (\u003ci\u003eAnglo-Hellenic Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAveril Cameron\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine History at Oxford and the Warden of Keble College, and was recently awarded a DBE. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eChanging Cultures in Early Byzantium\u003c\/i\u003e (1996) and \u003ci\u003eEusebius, Life of Constantine\u003c\/i\u003e (ed. with Stuart G. Hall, 1999), and she is a co-editor of volumes XII, XIII and XIV of the \u003ci\u003eCambridge Ancient History.\u003c\/i\u003e  Byzantium occupies an uncertain place in European history. Though often misconstrued as a vanished successor to the classical world, Byzantium belongs in the mainstream history of Europe and the Mediterranean; its impact is still felt throughout the Balkans, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. This book introduces the reader to the complex history, ethnicity and identity of the Byzantine empire.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Byzantine world was also where early Islam and Christianity met, and the Byzantines engaged with and existed alongside Muslims, from the Arabs in the seventh century to the Ottoman Turks in the fifteenth. During its long history the size and shape of the Byzantine empire underwent many dramatic changes, and the pluralist world of late Byzantium was very different from that of the eastern Roman empire when Constantinople was founded in the fourth century AD. The world around it also changed dramatically during that time, yet Byzantine identity was both tenacious and distinctive. The tension between change and continuity in Byzantine society is one of the main themes explored in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2006 John D. Criticos Prize\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Averil Cameron’s \u003ci\u003eThe Byzantines\u003c\/i\u003e marks a welcome departure from most previous attempts to portray and characterize Byzantine civilization. The book focuses squarely on the people of the Byzantine Empire, their views of themselves and their culture, and how these changed over time. The result is a remarkably clear view of who the Byzantines were, and the book will contribute significantly to a restoration of Byzantium to its rightful place at the center of the historical tradition of Europe.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eTimothy Gregory\u003c\/b\u003e, Ohio State University\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990179791077,"sku":"NP9780631202622","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631202622.jpg?v=1761786808","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-byzantines-isbn-9780631202622","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}