This volume is the first to focus solely on how specific individuals and groups in Byzantium and its borderlands were defined and distinguished from other indiv

This volume is the first to focus solely on how specific individuals and groups in Byzantium and its borderlands were defined and distinguished from other indiv

This Handbook is the first to consider the interrelated subjects of gender and sexuality in the Eastern Roman Empire from an interdisciplinary perspective. Draw

Animals have recently become recognized as significant agents of history as part of the ‘animal turn’ in historical studies. Animals in Byzantium were human

The Byzantine world contained many important cities throughout its empire. Although it was not ‘urban’ in the sense of the word today, its cities played a f