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Worlds of Byzantium

Religion, Culture, and Empire in the Medieval Near East
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Worlds of Byzantium offers a new understanding of what it means to study the history and visual culture of the Byzantine empire during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Arguing that linguistic and cultural frontiers do not always coincide with political ones, it suggests that Byzantine studies should look not only within but also beyond the borders of the Byzantine empire and include the history of Christian populations in the Muslim-ruled Middle East and neighbouring states like Ethiopia and Armenia and integrate more closely with Judaic and Islamic studies. With essays by leading scholars in a wide range of fields, it offers a vision of a richly interconnected eastern Mediterranean and Near East that will be of interest to anyone who studies the premodern world.

Author Biography:

ELIZABETH S. BOLMAN is Elsie B. Smith Professor in the Liberal Arts and Professor of Art History at Case Western Reserve University. She engages with the visual culture of the eastern Mediterranean in the late antique and Byzantine periods and is best known for her work in Egypt. SCOTT FITZGERALD JOHNSON is Associate Professor of Classics and Letters at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of numerous studies on late antique and Byzantine history and literature and has held fellowships at Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks, and the Library of Congress and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2018. JACK TANNOUS is Associate Professor of History and Hellenic Studies at Princeton University, where he is also Director of the Program in Hellenic Studies. His research focuses on the Greek, Syriac, and Arabic-speaking Christian communities of the Middle East in the late antique and medieval periods.
Release date NZ
May 31st, 2024
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributors
  • Edited by Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Edited by Jack Tannous
  • Edited by Scott Fitzgerald Johnson
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Pages
742
ISBN-13
9781108492096
Product ID
37978504

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