The Insular Worlds of Byzantium, Ca. 550-Ca. 900.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zavagno, Luca.

Series:

Beyond medieval Europe.

Beyond medieval Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byzantine antiquities.

Mediterranean Region--Islands of the Mediterranean.

Byzantine Empire.

Islands of the Mediterranean--Antiquities.

Islands of the Mediterranean.

Byzantine Empire--Civilization--527-1081.

Byzantine Empire--History--527-1081.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 pages)

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Arc Humanities Press, 2025.

Biography/History:

Zavagno Luca: Luca Zavagno is Associate Professor of Byzantine History at Bilkent University, Ankara. A historian of Europe and the Mediterranean in the medieval period, he specializes in Byzantine history and archaeology.

Summary:

A ground-breaking political, economic, and socio-cultural history of the Mediterranean large islands and archipelagos of the Byzantine empire in the passage from Late Antiquity to the early Middle Ages.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Maps

Acknowledgements

Introduction. Why Write a Book on Large Byzantine Islands (and Archipelagos)?

Chapter 1. A Theory of Islands and the Byzantine Insular Worlds

Chapter 2. Studying the Insular Worlds of Byzantium Between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

Chapter 3. Framing the Historiographical and Political Trajectories of Byzantine Insular Worlds

Chapter 4. Cities of Islands and the Insular Countryside

Chapter 5. The Insular Economy in the Transitional Period

Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-80270-366-7

1-80270-367-5

OCLC:

1528356946