Byzantium : A Conversation with Maria Mavroudi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, Howard.

Series:

Ideas Roadshow Conversations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byzantine Empire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (61 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Open Agenda Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Maria Mavroudi, Professor of History at UC Berkeley. Maria Mavroudi specializes in the study of the Byzantine Empire and this wide-ranging conversation provides a detailed exploration of her extensive research on the Byzantine Empire and how it has repeatedly been undervalued by historians despite having been a military and cultural powerhouse for more than a millennium.This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Beyond the High-School Narrative, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. Howard Burton was the Founding Director of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy. This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert in a focused yet informal setting to provide a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks.

Contents:

Intro

A Note on the Text

Introduction

The Conversation

I. Becoming A Byzantinist

II. Historical Background

III. The High-School Narrative

IV. Recovering Truth

V. Building Knowledge

VI. Annotated Discoveries

VII. A Translational Discovery

VIII. Arrows of Causality

IX. Decline

X. Extracting Meaning

XI. Ever-Moving Targets

Continuing the Conversation.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781771700733

1771700734

OCLC:

1250075524