This book provides a concise, illustrated introduction to the history of modern Greece, from the first stirrings of the national movement in the late eighteenth century to the present day. It is desig
From the roar of the Hippodrome and the halls of the Imperial Palace to the streets of Carthage and the hills of North Africa, this biography presents a redemptive view of Byzantine Emperor Justinian
An accessible introduction to the turbulent post-war history of this unique Balkan country, it is a slice of the real Greece beyond the picture postcard destination with which we are all familiar. Dra
This work provides an introduction to Byzantine military history during the first three Crusades. It examines the ethnic composition, financial support structure, and strategic implementation of the B
A concise history of the rich and varied experience of Greece and the Greeks over the past two centuries, this book focuses on the forces and events that have shaped the country and its people, includ
Byzantinists, art historians, and other medievalists will welcome this new resource by Brubaker (art history) and Haldon (Byzantine history, both are at the U. of Birmingham, UK). The volume contains
This volume makes available some of the most exciting research currently underway into Greek society after Liberation. Together, its essays map a new social history of Greece in the 1940s and 1950s, a
The Byzantine world underwent a remarkable recovery of intellectual energy in the period following the recovery of Constantinople in 1261. The reaction of the emperors and their entourage of well-educ
By posing the notion of the outsider, one presupposes an insider. These 19 contributions explore the nature of identity and belongingness in Byzantium. The theologians, historians, literary critics, a
From a March 1995 symposium in London held to complement the British Museum exhibition Byzantium: Treasures of Byzantine Art and Culture from British Collections, 18 papers explore the ways in which B
Between 279 and 229 B.C., the Aitolian koinon, a federation of mountain cantons in west central Greece, expanded to incorporate many of the neighboring lands and peoples lying between the Adriatic and
"In Who Are the Macedonians? Hugh Poulton... provides a fair and perceptive account of the difficult relations between [Macedonians and Albanians in the new republic].... it is one of the best guides
This significant critical anthology explores the life of Anna Komnene, the Byzantine context in which she wrote, and the impact of the Alexiad on her times and on subsequent historical works of lite
An explanation of the failure of the Communist insurgency in Greece between 1945 and 1949, this study provides a striking lesson in what happens to an armed revolutionary movement when it lacks adequa
Finding the recent publications on the military religious orders voluminous but somewhat uneven, Luttrell offers again 19 detailed his studies based on primary document and archival research that firs
A penetrating analysis of the Chronographia, which reveals how Psellos integrated his vision of a secular state and his philosophical opposition to Christianity into a historical narrative. Psellos' d
One of the most controversial books to come out of the academy in the last fifteen years is Martin Bernal's Black Athena. It has been a true cause celebre. Afrocentrists have both praised the book a
"Norwich is always on the lookout for the small but revealing details. . . . All of this he recounts in a style that consistently entertains." --The New York Times Book Review In this magisterial adap
