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The Routledge Handbook of Human-Animal Relations in the Byzantine World / edited by Przemyslaw Marciniak and Tristan Schmidt.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge history handbooks.
- Routledge History Handbooks Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human-animal relationships--Byzantine Empire.
- Human-animal relationships.
- Human-animal relationships--Religious aspects.
- Human-animal relationships in art.
- Human-animal relationships in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (381 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, England : Routledge, [2025]
- Summary:
- This book offers an in-depth survey of the relationships between humans and non-human animals in the Byzantine empire.
- Contents:
- Byzantine Animal Studies - History Beyond Humans / Przemysław Marciniak and Tristan Schmidt
- What do "They" Mean to "Us"? Theoretical Perspectives on Byzantine Animals
- More Than Meets the Eye: The Semiotics of Animals in Byzantium / Tristan Schmidt
- Timotheus of Gaza and the Zoological Collection of Constantine VII. Two Byzantine Treatises / Arnaud Zucker
- Christianising Animals: Physiologus and Hexaemeral Literature / Stavros Lazaris
- Animal Rationality in Byzantine Philosophy and Islamic Philosophy / Bligh Somma and Melpomeni Vogiatzi
- Literary and Figurative Discourses on Animals
- Unsung Heroes of Byzantine Hagiography: The Role of Animals in Martyrs' Passions / Christodoulos Papavarnavas
- Animals in Byzantine Historical Writing / Stephanos Efthymiadis
- Animals in Legal Sources / Johannes Koder
- Animals in Satire / Kirsty Stewart
- Man, Beast and Nature: Descriptions of Hunting in Byzantine Literature / Charis Messis and Ingela Nilsson
- Animals in Byzantine Mosaics / Henry Maguire
- Animals in Byzantine Manuscripts / Nancy P. Ševčenko
- Material Animals in Byzantium
- Animals as a Source of Food During the Byzantine Period. Dietetic Advice andDietary Reality / Maciej Kokoszko and Zofia Rzeźnicka
- More than Food -Animal Bone Finds as a Source for Different Research Questions / Henriette Baron
- Animals as Diplomatic Gifts: From Species to Political Uses / Nicolas Drocourt
- Animals We Love: Pets and Companion Animals in Byzantium? / Przemysław Marciniak
- It Was Not Easy Being a Mouse in Constantinople: Some Notes on the Role of Mice
- in Byzantine Life and Literature / Katarzyna Piotrowska.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781040157497
- 1040157491
- 9781003055877
- 1003055877
- 9781040157565
- 1040157564
- OCLC:
- 1463168686
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