Byzantium in the Ninth Century

The 18 papers focus on the period between Iconoclasm and the so-called Macedonian revival, which conventional scholarship sees as a century in which the East Roman state was on the high seas without a wind. They look at political and military developments, legal and literary innovations, the production of artisans, and religious and liturgical changes. With a scope extending from the Anatolian plateau to the Greek-speaking areas of Italy, they also consider how outsiders perceived Byzantium, its success and failure in promoting a particular view of itself, and interactions with neighbors throughout the Mediterranean littoral. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.