The Byzantine World

Part 1: The Byzantines and their World 1. Michael Angold, The Byzantine Political Process at Crisis Point  2. Paul Stephenson, The Rise of the Middle Byzantine Aristocracy and the Decline of the Imperial State  3. Cécile Morrisson, Money, Coins and the Economy  4. John Haldon, The Army and Military Logistics  5. Anthony Kaldellis, The Study of Women and Children: Methodological Challenges and New Directions  6. Leonora Neville, Strong Women and their Husbands in Byzantine Historiography  7. Shaun Tougher, Cherchez l'homme! Byzantine Men: A Eunuch Perspective  8. Günter Prinzing, Slaves and Slavery  9. Christopher Livanos, Monotheists, Dualists and Pagans  10. Tia Kolbaba, The Virtues and Faults of the Latin Christians  Part 2: The Written World  11. Catherine Holmes, Political Literacy  12. Denis Sullivan, Byzantine Military Manuals: Prescriptions, Practice, and Pedagogy  13 J.M. Featherstone, De Cerimoniis and the Great Palace  14. Emmanuel Bourbouhakis, Rhetoric and Performance  15. Stratis Papaioannou, Letter-writing  16. Christopher Livanos, Trends and Developments in the Byzantine Poetic Tradition  17. Anthony Kaldellis, The Corps of Byzantine Historiography: An Interpretative Essay  18. Youval Rotman, Christians, Jews, and Muslims in Byzantine Italy: Medieval Conflicts in Local Perspective  19. Alice-Mary Talbot, The Miracles of Gregory Palamas by Philotheos Kokkinos  20. Joseph Munitiz, Writing for the Heart: the Spiritual Literature of Byzantium  Part 3: Heaven and Earth: Byzantine Art and Architecture  21. Bissera Pentcheva, What is a Byzantine icon? Constantinople versus Sinai  22. Vasileios Marinis, Defining Liturgical Space  23. Warren T. Woodfin, Celestial Hierarchies and Earthly Hierarchies in the Art of the Byzantine Church   24. Henry Maguire, Unofficial Art

Paul Stephenson is Reader in Medieval History at the University of Durham, and formerly was Rowe Professor of Byzantine History at the University of Wisconsin, a joint appointment with Dumbarton Oaks. He has researched and taught in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Greece, Sweden and the USA, and held fellowships from the British Academy, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Onassis Foundation and the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies. He is author of Byzantium's Balkan Frontier (2000), The Legend of Basil the Bulgar-Slayer (2003) and Constantine: Unconquered Emperor, Christian Victor (2009).

'Recommended' -- Choice 'It was gratifying to find, at last, short authoritative surveys to which one can refer students on such essential Byzantine subjects ... It was also a delight to find chapters devoted to side issues which had always intrigued me ... Stephenson does not avoid the usual gripe about Byzantium being marginalised and misunderstood, but he gives it a sophisticated European twist. He and his team perhaps succeed better than previous gripers in showing why readers of the English Historical Review should have more time for Byzantine history.' - Paul Magdalino, Koc University, Turkey

'Byzantium is nowadays attracting more and more attention, and readers will find The Byzantine World both refreshing and at times astringent. This is no conventional handbook or survey. Under the direction of Paul Stephenson an array of scholars give us their own perspectives, which are often original and at times surprising. Stephenson himself explains why Byzantium has often been marginalized or misunderstood, and why it should matter to us today.' Averil Cameron, University of Oxford, UK