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Avar Siege of Constantinople in 626
This book examines the Avar siege of Constantinople in 626, one of the most significant events of the seventh century, and the impact and repercussions this had on the political, …
Byzantine Empire
Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman, KBE, FBA was born on 12th January 1860 in the Muzaffarpur district, India.Oman was sent to England to be educated at Winchester College and at …
Empire of Manners
It is easy to believe that manners are empty gestures, little more than social artifice or practiced etiquette whose sole purpose is to project civility and facilitate social …
Under Another Sky
What does Roman Britain mean to us now? How were its physical remains rediscovered and made sense of? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? This book traces …
Rethinking Sexuality
In this collection of provocative essays, historians and literary theorists assess the influence of Michel Foucault, particularly his History of Sexuality, on the study of …
Politics of Culture in Contemporary Turkey
Since coming to power, President Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) have focused on narrating their vision of a 'New Turkey' - an ideal that has resulted in the …
Hellenic Religion and Christianization c. 370-529, Volume II
This work discusses the decline of Greek religion and the christianization of town and countryside in the eastern Roman Empire between the death of Julian the Apostate and the laws …
Valerius Maximus' Memorable Deeds and Sayings Book 1
Valerius Maximus stands alone as an extant prose author of the early principate who devoted specific interest to the Romans' attitude to religion. In eight chapters he presents a …
History of the Eastern Roman Empire
John Bagnell Bury saw the Byzantine Empire as a continuation of the Roman Empire and he explicitly called Byzantine History, Roman History. In this book Bury deals with one of the …
Language and Nature in the Classical Roman World
A familiar theme in Greek philosophy, largely due to the influence of Plato's Cratylus, linguistic naturalism (the notion that linguistic facts, structures or behaviour are in some …
Britannia AD 43
In this highly illustrated and detailed title, Nic Fields tells the full story of the invasion which established the Romans in Britain, explaining how and why the initial Claudian …
Merchants of Knowledge
Between 1450 and 1550, a remarkable century of intellectual exchange developed across the Eastern Mediterranean. As Renaissance Europe depended on knowledge from the Ottoman …