Byzantium in the seventh century : the transformation of a culture /
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| Author / Creator: | Haldon, John F. |
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| Edition: | Rev. ed. |
| Imprint: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. |
| Description: | xxviii, 492 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2798370 |
Table of Contents:
- List of plates
- List of maps
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Preface to the revised edition
- List of abbreviations
- The sources
- Introduction
- 1. The background: state and society before Heraclius
- 2. The East Roman world c. 610-717: the politics of survival
- 3. Some relations and the economy: the cities and the land
- 4. Social relations and the economy: rural society
- 5. The state and its apparatus: fiscal administration
- 6. The state and its apparatus: military administration
- 7. Society, state and law
- 8. The imperial church and the politics of authority
- 9. Religion and belief
- 10. Forms of social and cultural organisation: infrastructures and hierarchies
- 11. Forms of representation: language, literature and the icon
- Conclusions: the transformation of a culture
- Addendum: further observations on the question of the late ancient city
- Bibliography
- Index