Historic Stratigraphy. How to reconstruct the history of Byzantium (Apropos a recent book)
The author deeply discusses the weaknesses of the book published in 2017 by Th. Russell and focuses on and the inconclusive way to use the sources. The paper deals with several methodological issues concerning the history of the Greek polis of Byzantium ...
Prandi Luisa
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An Imaginary Byzantium in Early Islam: Byzantium as Viewed through the Sīra Literature [PDF]
This article examines the emergence of new representations of Byzantium in early Arabic literature, with a focus on the Sīra, the biography of the Prophet Muḥammad.
Yahyaoui, Y. (Yassine)
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In enemy hands: the Byzantine experience of captivity between the seventh and tenth centuries. [PDF]
Simeonov G.
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Byzantium: from splendor to ruin
Describes the history, art, and religious significance of Byzantium, its attempts to restore the Roman Empire, its influence in the West, and its ...
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Eirene-Sophia Kiapidou, Byzantine Historiographical Prefaces (4th–15th Centuries):: A Study on the Praxis and Culture of Writing History in Byzantium (Byzantioς: Studies in Byzantine History and Civilization 23). Turnhout: Brepols 2025. [PDF]
Eirene-Sophia Kiapidou, Byzantine Historiographical Prefaces (4th–15th Centuries): A Study on the Praxis and Culture of Writing History in Byzantium (Byzantioς: Studies in Byzantine History and Civilization 23). Turnhout: Brepols 2025. 268 pp. – ISBN 978-
Polemis, Ioannis
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Byzantine Empire Economic Growth: Did Past Climate Change Play a Role? [PDF]
Lambert T.
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Measuring Ancient Inequality [PDF]
Is inequality largely the result of the Industrial Revolution? Or, were pre-industrial incomes and life expectancies as unequal as they are today? For want of sufficient data, these questions have not yet been answered.
Lindert, Peter +2 more
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Cross-cultural Transfer of Medical Knowledge in the Medieval Mediterranean: The Introduction and Dissemination of Sugar-based Potions from the Islamic World to Byzantium. [PDF]
Bouras-Vallianatos P.
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Lara Frentrop, The Art of Dining in Medieval Byzantium (Studies in Byzantine Cultural History). Abingdon – New York: Routledge 2023. 188 pp., 18 b/w figures. – ISBN 978-0-36786-001-
Stamatellou, Elena
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Neil Churchill, Power and Representation in Byzantium: The Forging of the Macedonian Dynasty (Studies in Byzantine Cultural History). London – New York: Routledge 2024. 265 pp. – ISBN 978-1-003-25529-
Signes Codoñer, Juan
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