Change in Byzantine Culture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries / Kazhdan/Epstein; ed. by A. P. Kazhdan, Ann Wharton Epstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kazhdan/Epstein, Author.

Contributor:

Kazhdan, A. P., Editor.

Wharton Epstein, Ann, Editor.

Series:

Transformation of the Classical Heritage

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1986]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Byzantium, that dark sphere on the periphery of medieval Europe, is commonly regarded as the immutable residue of Rome's decline. In this highly original and provocative work, Alexander Kazhdan and Ann Wharton Epstein revise this traditional image by documenting the dynamic social changes that occurred during the eleventh and twelfth centuries.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

I. BACKGROUND: FROM LATE ANTIQUITY TO THE MIDDLE AGES

II. DECENTRALIZATION AND "FEUDALIZATION" OF THE BYZANTINE STATE

III. POPULAR AND ARISTOCRATIC CULTURAL TRENDS

IV. THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE

V. BYZANTIUM AND ALIEN CULTURES

VI. MAN IN LITERATURE AND ART

Conclusion

Appendix: Texts

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 09. Dez 2023)

ISBN:

0-520-35493-1