{"product_id":"the-byzantines-isbn-9781405198332","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 \u003cp\u003eList of Figures vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Maps vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 What was Byzantium? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Changing Shape of Byzantium: From Late Antiquity to 1025 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Changing Shape of Byzantium: From 1025 to 1453 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Byzantine Mirage 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Ruling the Byzantine State 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 An Orthodox Society? 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 How People Lived 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Education and Culture 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Byzantium and Europe 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Byzantium and the Mediterranean 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 260\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Byzantines\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2006 John D. Criticos Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \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 the University of 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. \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":47990179856613,"sku":"NP9781405198332","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405198332.jpg?v=1761786809","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-byzantines-isbn-9781405198332","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}