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Inventing Byzantine Iconoclasm
Byzantine `iconoclasm' is famous and has influenced iconoclast movements from the English Reformation and French Revolution to Taliban, but it has also been woefully …
Global Byzantium
Global Byzantium is, in part, a recasting and expansion of the old 'Byzantium and its neighbours' theme with, however, a methodological twist away from the resolutely political and …
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry (Luke 12:19) – Food and Wine in Byzantium
This volume brings together a group of scholars to consider the rituals of eating together in the Byzantine world, the material culture of Byzantine food and wine consumption, and …
Byzantium in the Iconoclast Era (ca 680-850): The Sources
Iconoclasm, the debate about the legitimacy of religious art that began in Byzantium around 730 and continued for nearly 120 years, has long held a firm grip on the historical …
Approaches to the Byzantine Family
The study of the family is one of the major lacunas in Byzantine Studies. Angeliki Laiou remarked in 1989 that 'the study of the Byzantine family is still in its infancy', and this …
Cult of the Mother of God in Byzantium
This volume, on the cult of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) in Byzantium, focuses on textual and historical aspects of the subject, thus complementing previous work which has centred …
Striking Images, Iconoclasms Past and Present
All cultures make, and break, images. Striking Images, Iconoclasms Past and Present explores how and why people have made and modified images and other cultural material from …
Global Byzantium
Global Byzantium is, in part, a recasting and expansion of the old 'Byzantium and its neighbours' theme with, however, a methodological twist away from the resolutely political and …
Cult of the Mother of God in Byzantium
This volume, on the cult of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) in Byzantium, focuses on textual and historical aspects of the subject, thus complementing previous work which has centred …
Vision and Meaning in Ninth-Century Byzantium
The Byzantines used imagery to communicate a wide range of issues. In the context of Iconoclasm - the debate about the legitimacy of religious art conducted between c. AD 730 and …
Graphic Devices and the Early Decorated Book
Examinations of the use of diagrams, symbols etc. found as commentary in medieval texts. In our electronic age, we are accustomed to the use of icons, symbols, graphs, charts, …
The Sacred Image East and West
A new generation of American medieval art historians explores how sacred images were perceived during the Middle Ages in Byzantium and Europe. The essays cover a full range of …