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The Byzantines

ISBN: 978-1-405-19833-2

November 2009

Wiley-Blackwell

304 pages

Description

Winner of the 2006 John D. Criticos Prize

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
  • Deconstructs stereotypes surrounding Byzantium
  • Beautifully illustrated with photographs and maps
About the Author
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.
Features
  • 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