The Byzantines

This book introduces the reader to the complex history, ethnicity, and identity of the Byzantines. This volume brings Byzantium - often misconstrued as a vanished successor to the classical world - to the forefront of European history Focuses on the identity, ethnicity, and culture of the Byzantine people Deconstructs stereotypes surrounding Byzantium Beautifully illustrated with photographs and maps

Averil Cameron is Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine History at Oxford and the Warden of Keble College, and was recently awarded a DBE. Her publications include Changing Cultures in Early Byzantium (1996) and Eusebius, Life of Constantine (ed. with Stuart G. Hall, 1999), and she is a co-editor of volumes XII, XIII and XIV of the Cambridge Ancient History.

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Maps
Preface
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
What was Byzantium?
The changing shape of Byzantium: from late antiquity to the tenth century
The changing shape of Byzantium: from the tenth century to 1453
The Byzantine mirage
Ruling the Byzantine state
An orthodox society?
How people lived
Education and culture
Byzantium and Europe
Byzantium and the Mediterranean
Conclusion
Chronology
References
Index
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