All but four of the 29 essays reproduced here were written by Oikonomides (1934-2000) in his final 11 years, while he headed the Byzantine history department at the University of Athens; 14 are in Eng
This book studies the Arabic-Islamic view of Byzantium, tracing the Byzantine image as it evolved through centuries of warfare, contact, and exchanges. Including previously inaccessible material on t
Athens has a history stretching back to Mycenaean times. In the fifth century B.C. it became the most significant community for the development of political thought and practice, art and culture that
Byzantium, the Roman empire in the eastern Mediterranean, dominated the political and religious face of Europe for over a thousand years. In this introduction, Rowena Loverance traces the history of t
This volume reprints 23 papers which reflect the interests of the author, A. Markopoulos (University of Athens), in 9th-10th century Byzantium. The studies follow the second period of iconoclasm to th
Carabott (modern Greek history, King's College London, UK) and Sfikas (contemporary Greek history, U. of Ioannina, Greece) present 15 pieces of new scholarship on the Greek Civil War of the 1940s. Sep
There are only so many sources from which all the biographies of the sixth-century empress have been and can be written, says Cesaretti (Byzantine studies, U. of Chieti, Italy), but the element of art
This travel guide-cum-history by a former British ambassador to Greece/historian who lives in Athens focuses mainly on the city that became the modern capital in 1834. But as the Olympics exemplify, t
The Fourth Crusade (1202-4) was one of the key events in medieval history The fall of Constantinople to the Venetians and the soldiers of the fourth crusade in April 1204 was its climax. It ensured th
Even by modern standards, the Empress Theodora (?-548) had a remarkable rise to power. Born into the lowest class of Byzantine society, she worked as an actress in burlesque theater. Yet she attracted
Princess Alice, mother of Prince Philip, was something of a mystery figure even within her own family. She was born deaf, at Windsor Castle, in the presence of her great-grandmother, Queen Victoria,
This book evaluates the life and empire of the pivotal yet controversial Byzantine emperor Heraclius (ad. 610-641), a contemporary of the Prophet Muhammad. His stormy war-torn reign is critical for un
Following the defeat of the Greek Army in 1922 by nationalist Turkish forces, the 1923 Lausanne Convention specified the first internationally ratified compulsory population exchange. It proved to be
Failure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (a.d. 364-78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the ha
During the decade of the 1940s Greece experienced harsh German/Italian/Bulgarian occupation, the emergence of a powerful resistance movement and civil war between communist and nationalists. This crit
The Oxford History of Byzantium is the only history to provide in concise form detailed coverage of Byzantium from its Roman beginnings to the fall of Constantinople and assimilation into the Turkish
Reinink (Aramaic and Syriac languages, U. of Groningen, the Netherlands) and Stolte (Byzantine law, U. of Groningen) present the 13 papers originally given to the April 2001 workshop held at their uni
One thousand years ago, the Byzantine Empire was reaching the height of its revival as a medieval state. The ten contributions to this volume by scholars from six European countries re-assess key aspe
"...Meticulously researched...Thoroughly documented with copious footnotes, a shronology, and extensive bibliography, this work is recommended for academic libraries."?Library Journal Focusing on ques
