UID:
edocfu_9959695969702883
Format:
1 online resource (xxvii, 626 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-81685-3
,
1-139-00085-3
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to the ancient world
Content:
This book introduces the Age of Justinian, the last Roman century and the first flowering of Byzantine culture. Dominated by the policies and personality of emperor Justinian I (527-565), this period of grand achievements and far-reaching failures witnessed the transformation of the Mediterranean world. In this volume, twenty specialists explore the most important aspects of the age including the mechanics and theory of empire, warfare, urbanism, and economy. It also discusses the impact of the great plague, the codification of Roman law, and the many religious upheavals taking place at the time. Consideration is given to imperial relations with the papacy, northern barbarians, the Persians, and other eastern peoples, shedding new light on a dramatic and highly significant historical period.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).
,
Roman questions, Byzantine answers: contours of the age of Justinian / Michael Maas -- Economy and administration: how did the empire work? / John F. Haldon -- Justinian's Constantinople / Brian Croke -- The classical city in the sixth century: survival and transformation / Kenneth G. Holum -- The empire at war / A. D. Lee -- Mediterranean plague in the age of Justinian / Peregrine Horden -- Law and legal practice in the age of Justinian / Caroline Humfress -- Justinianic ideology and the power of the past / Charles Pazdernik -- The legacy of Chalcedon: Christological problems and their significance / Patrick T. R. Gray -- Society and community in the Christian east / Lucas van Rompay -- Emperors and popes in the sixth century: the western view / Claire Sotinel -- Christian piety and practice in the sixth century / Derek Krueger -- Philosophy in the age of Justinian / Christian Wildberg -- Art and architecture in the age of Justinian / Joseph D. Alchermes -- Literary culture under Justinian / Claudia Rapp -- Jews in the age of Justinian / Nicholas De Lange -- The age of Justinian: gender and society / Leslie Brubaker -- Justinian and the barbarian kingdom / Walter Pohl -- Byzantium and the east in the sixth century / Geoffrey Greatrex -- The background to Islam / Fred M. Donner.
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-52071-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-81746-3
Language:
English
