Late Antiquity & Byzantium Books

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1. Early Christian Dress: Gender, Virtue, and Authority

   By Kristi Upson-Saia

   This study is the first full-length monograph on the subject of dress in early Christianity. It pays attention to the ways in which dress expressed and formed Christian identity, the role dress played in Christians’ rivalries with pagan neighbors, and especially to the ways in which notions of...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-89001-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity: AD 395–600, 2nd Edition

   By Averil Cameron

   This thoroughly revised edition of The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity 365 – 600 A.D. provides both a detailed introduction to late antiquity, and a direct challenge to the conventional views of the end of the empire. Leading scholar Averil Cameron focuses on the changes and continuities in...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-57961-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The Eunuch in Byzantine History and Society

   By Shaun Tougher

   The existence of eunuchs was one of the defining features of the Byzantine Empire. Covering the whole span of the history of the empire, from the fourth to the fifteenth centuries AD, Shaun Tougher presents a comprehensive survey of the history and roles of eunuchs, making use of...

   August 2010 | 978-0-415-59479-0 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Constantine and the Christian Empire, 2nd Edition

   By Charles M. Odahl

   This biographical narrative is a detailed portrayal of the life and career of the first Christian emperor Constantine the Great (273 – 337). Combining vivid narrative and historical analysis, Charles Odahl relates the rise of Constantine amid the crises of the late Roman world, his dramatic...

   June 2010 | 978-0-415-57534-8 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   The Byzantine World

   Edited by Paul Stephenson

   The Byzantine World presents the latest insights of the leading scholars in the fields of Byzantine studies, history, art and architectural history, literature, and theology. Those who know little of Byzantine history, culture and civilization between AD 700 and 1453 will find overviews and...

   February 2010 | 978-0-415-44010-3 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Monemvasia: A Byzantine City State

   By Haris A. Kalligas

   This lavishly illustrated book stands out in its field as the only book currently available on the best-preserved Byzantine city in the Peloponnese – Monemvasia. Haris A. Kalligas, a world authority on Monemvasia’s history and architecture, here explores the city’s foundation, its status as a...

   June 2009 | 978-0-415-24880-8 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   From Roman Provinces to Medieval Kingdoms

   Edited by Thomas F.X. Noble

   This prestigious collection of essays by leading scholars provides a thorough reassessment of the medieval era which questions how, when and why the Middle Ages began, and how abruptly the shift from the Roman Empire to Barbarian Europe happened. Presenting the most current work including...

   2006 | 978-0-415-32742-8 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Animals, Gods and Humans: Changing Attitudes to Animals in Greek, Roman and Early Christian Thought

   By Ingvild Saelid Gilhus

   Consulting a wide range of key texts and source material, Animals, Gods and Humans covers 800 years and provides a detailed analysis of early Christian attitudes to, and the position of, animals in Greek and Roman life and thought. Both the pagan and Christian conceptions of...

   2006 | 978-0-415-38650-0 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Byzantine Empresses: Women and Power in Byzantium AD 527-1204

   By Lynda Garland

   Byzantine Empresses provides a series of biographical portraits of the most significant Byzantine women who ruled or shared the throne between 527 and 1204. It presents and analyses the available historical data in order to outline what these empresses did, what the sources thought they did, and...

   1998 | 978-0-415-14688-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity: AD 395–600

    By Averil Cameron

    The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity provides both a detailed introduction to late antiquity, and a direct challenge to the conventional views of the end of the empire. A world expert on the subject, Averil Cameron focuses on the changes and continuities in Mediterranean society as a whole...

    1993 | 978-0-415-01421-2 | Paperback (Routledge)