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Justinian
WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 35.25Hauptbeschreibung Justinian gilt im Allgemeinen als letzter römischer Kaiser, unter dem das Imperium noch einmal kurzfristig zu expansiver Kraft und vergangenem Glanz zurückgefunden hat. Dafür stehen seine Eroberungskriege im ehemals römischen Westen, seine großangelegte Kodifizierung des römischen Rechts ("Codex Iuris Civilis") sowie seine administrativen... more...
Realia Byzantina
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 210.00This volume combines twenty-six contributions on Byzantine literature in which well-known Byzantine scholars approach subjects from epistolography, historiography, hagiography, philology and prosopography. New editions of many of the texts and documents analysed are included. more...
Symeonis Magistri et Logothetae Chronicon
De Gruyter 2006; US$ 293.00This is the first volume of a two-volume edition of the Chronicle by Symeon Logothetes (10th cent.), one of the main sources for Middle Byzantine history. The text is presented here in a critical edition for the first time. All the manuscripts are described, and the relationships between them re-defined. Navigation through the volume is facilitated... more...
The Alexiad
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 3.99The Alexiad is a spectacular narrative that illustrates the mega events during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. Here, Comnena describes the political and military history of her country. She starts with the account of the rebellion through which her father ascended the throne. It also gives point of view of the royal family regarding... more...
Byzantium in the Seventh Century
Cambridge University Press 1990; US$ 48.00An analytical account of developments within Byzantine culture, society and the state from c. 610 to 717. more...
The Immortal Emperor
Cambridge University Press 1992; US$ 26.00The first biography of the last Byzantine Emperor. more...
Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests
Cambridge University Press 1992; US$ 40.00This book examines how the Byzantine Empire came to lose so much of its territory to Islamic conquerors in the seventh century. more...
Warfare in Late Byzantium, 1204-1453
BRILL 2011; US$ 144.00This book examines Byzantine attitudes towards warfare at a time of crisis when the empire ceased to be a first rate power in the Mediterranean. It investigates the correspondence between official rhetoric and propaganda, on the one hand, and military realities, on the other. It explores the military ethos of the late Byzantine aristocracy and examines... more...
Edinburgh
A&C Black 2009; US$ 9.10Found in our archives, the Blacks Sketchbooks are a series of books produced in the early 20th century by a group of well-known artists. Each book contains pen sketches of iconic English and Scottish cities and counties. There are also some books on famous Continental cities such as Paris and Venice. The result is a charming series of books that present... more...
Byzantium and Bulgaria, 775-831
BRILL 2011; US$ 212.00Drawing on written and material sources, the book offers a comprehensive analysis of Byzantium's relations with Bulgaria during the late eighth and early ninth centuries, one of the most crucial and formative periods in the history of both medieval states. more...









