Byzantine Aspects Of Italy

MAAS, MICHAEL (EDITOR). The Oxford Companion To The Age Of Justinian. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2005. ISBN: 0521520711

672 pages. 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 from Roman to Byzantine. Twenty specialists explore the most important aspects of the age - including the mechanics and theory of empire, warfare, urbanism, and economy. They also discuss the impact of the great plague, the codification of Roman law, and the many religious upheavals taking place at the time. The contents of this book is as follows: 1. The age of Justinian and its legacy Michael Maas; 2. Economy and administration: how did the Empire work? John Haldon; 3. Political theory in the Christian-Roman state Charles Pazdernik; 4. The Empire at war A. D. Lee; 5. Justinian and the barbarian kingdoms Walter Pohl; 6. The churches of Italy and Imperial authority during the reign of Justinian Claire Sotinel; 7. Relations with Persia and the East Geoffrey Greatrex; 8. The background to Islam Fred M. Donner; 9. Jews in the Age of Justinian Nicholas de Lange; 10. The plague and the Mediterranean Peregrine Horden; 11. Gender and the transformation of the social world Leslie Brubaker; 12. Classical cities in the sixth century: survival and transformation Kenneth G. Holum; 13. Constantinople in the Age of Justinian Brian Croke; 14. Did they practice law 'by the book' in the Age of Justinian? Caroline Humfress; 15. The legacy of Chalcedon: Christological problems and their significance Patrick Gray; 16. Christian piety and practice Derek Krueger; 17. Art and architecture Joseph Alchermes; 18. Literature and patronage in the Age of Justinian Claudia Rapp; 19. Philosophy in the Age of Justinian: the nature of the cosmos Christian Wildberg. Softcover. Brand new book.

[SW: (Key Words: Justinian, Roman Empire, Romean Emperors, Jews, Michael Maas, John Haldon, Charles Pazdernik, A. D. Lee, Walter Pohl, Claire Sotinel, Geoffrey Greatrex, Fred M. Donner, Nicholas de Lange, Peregrine Horden, Leslie Brubaker, Kenneth G. Holum, Brian Croke, Caroline Humfress, Patrick Gray, Derek Krueger, Joseph Alchermes, Claudia Rapp, Christian Wildberg, Plague, Persia, Chalcedon).]

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Thompson, E. A.. THE GOTHS IN SPAIN. Oxford Clarendon Press, 1969.
Textblock has light soiling. Former owner's stamp to title page. Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. Browning to spine of DJ. Light chipping to DJ's spine and corners. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; On the death of Theodosius in 395, the Visigoths renounced their allegiance to Rome and chose Alaric I as their ruler. Alaric invaded Greece and then Italy, and in 410 he captured and pillaged the city of Rome. In that same year he was succeeded by Ataulf, who led the Visigoths across the Pyrenees mountain range into Spain. From 415 to 418, under the next ruler, Wallia, the Visigoths extended their realm over a great part of Spain and southern Gaul, with Toulouse as their capital. Wallia was succeeded by the reputed son of Alaric, Theodoric I, who died fighting as an ally of Rome against the Huns at the Battle of Chalons. The most notable of the Spanish Visigothic kings was Euric, who reigned from about 420 to 484. He was a son of Theodoric I. Under Euric, who declared his rule to be independent of any federation with Rome, the kingdom of Toulouse included almost all of Spain and most of Gaul west of the Rhone River and south of the Loire River. Euric introduced many aspects of Roman civilization and drew up a code of law combining Roman and German elements. The kingdom was, however, continually beset by both internal and external difficulties. The kingship was nominally elective, and the powerful Visigothic nobles stood against attempts to found a hereditary royal house. Externally, the Byzantine Empire and the Franks menaced the Visigothic lands. In order to instill greater loyalty in his rebellious Roman and Christian subjects, Alaric II in 506 introduced the collection of laws known as the Breviary of Alaric. A year later, Clovis I, king of the Franks, defeated the Visigoths at the Battle of Vouille, in which Alaric II was killed. Most of Provence was separated from the Gothic lands, and the Visigothic kingdom was confined almost entirely to Spain. Despite the attempts of a long line of Gothic kings to hold the kingdom together, the power of the Visigoths steadily declined. The last king, Roderick, was defeated and probably killed by the Muslims in the Battle of Rio Barbate in 711. By 713 Spain was partially conquered by the Moors, and the Visigothic power survived in the independent Christian kingdom of Asturias. Looks at the Chronicle of 754 to address questions as: what were the political and military achievements of the Gothic Kings? How much of the Roman administrative machinery did they preserve a civil service of their own? How did they, as Christian heretics, relate to their catholic subjects? And what was the character of the councils of Toledo? ; 376 pages. 0198142714.

First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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IONG, DANIEL CRENA DE: Byzantine Aspects of Italy. An illustrated handbook guiding the traveler to Italy's Byzantine heritage. New York., W.W. Norton & Company Inc., 1967.

Org. red cloth hardback, gilt title spine, pictorial dustjacket, 8vo; map on endpapers, 194pp., very richly illustrated, conclusion, bibliography, index places. Fine copy.

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Crena de Iongh, Daniel: Byzantine Aspects of Italy. An illustrated handbook guiding the traveler to Italy's Byzantine heritage. New York: Norton & Company 1967.

193 S. Orig.-Leinenband mit Umschlag. Text in englischer Sprache.

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