Greece, it has been said, is where art became inseparable from life. The country evokes a richly embroidered tapestry of images, from old monuments rife with history to idyllic isles of glass-blue se
Introduces modern-day Greece through a series of questions, discussing such topics as its form of government, major industries, transportation system, housing, schools, family life, traditional art fo
Striding boldly where her post-modern colleagues fear to tread, Haarer (classics, King's College, London) presents an imperial biography. She uses the reign of the Roman emperor Anastasius, 491-518, a
The aristocracy formed the social framework of the Byzantine Empire from the seventh to the fifteenth centuries, says Cheynet, but it would probably be a mistake to try to delineate it too closely, as
Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sen
Warfare dominated the classical phase of ancient history, largely because large and small political entities competed with each other in a complex system of layers, with each state informing the other
Ramon Muntaner's account of the bloody adventures of the Almogaver army under Roger of Flor in the eastern Mediterranean in the early fourteenth century, one of the most spellbinding narratives of me
In It's All Greek to Me!: A Tale of a Mad Dog and an Englishman, Ruins, Retsina-and Real Greeks, the Mole family embarks on a search for a piece of Greek paradise. Dreaming of a whitewashed house with
Life in the Byzantine Empire comes alive in this extraordinary, insightful study ideal for high school students, undergraduates, and general readers interested in answering questions about every day
Stanhope (1805-75), who wrote here as Lord Mahon, found Gibbon's account of the sixth-century Byzantine general Belisarius to be light enough that a separate work was called for. The first edition app
The reign of Basil II (976-1025) is usually considered the high-water mark of medieval Byzantium. During Basil's reign, Byzantine political authority extended from southern Italy to the Euphrates. Wit
For nearly 130 years, the Greeks, the Bulgarians, and the Yugoslavs have fought over the question of who has the historical and demographic rights to use the name "Macedonia." Historically the land o
A prodigious historian of Byzantium, Oikonomides is spoken of in the past tense, which might explain why this fourth Variorum collection is described as his last. The 28 articles from the tail end of
This Guide provides an introduction to the source material and to the very best recent writing on the Byzantine empire's political history (306-1453), its art, army, religion, literature and economy.
This Guide provides an introduction to the source material and to the very best recent writing on the Byzantine empire's political history (306-1453), its art, army, religion, literature and economy.
In April 1204, the armies of Western Christendom wrote another bloodstained chapter in the history of holy war. Two years earlier, aflame with religious zeal, the Fourth Crusade set out to free Jerus
This innovative ethnography of history-in-the-making explores some of the most traumatic and wrenching experiences of twentieth-century modern Greece: refugee crisis, transatlantic migration, civil wa
Evans (Near East and religious studies, U. of British Columbia, Vancouver) provides an introduction to Justinian's reign and time through descriptive chapters, biographical sketches, and annotated pri
