Inhoudsopgave: Brill's New Pauly Supplements II.

Brill's New Pauly Supplements II. History and Culture of Byzantium. Volume 10 :

This compendium examines the history and culture of the Byzantine world from the foundation of Constantinople (324) to the Ottoman conquest of the city, which brought the final downfall of the Byzantine Empire (1453). A detailed 100-page introduction is followed by discussion of 15 key topics, inclu...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Formaat:	Livre numérique
Taal:	Anglais
Gepubliceerd in:	Leiden ; Boston : BRILL 2022. Leiden : Brill
Reeks:	Brill's New Pauly, Supplements online II Volume 10
Online toegang:	Accès sur la plateforme Brill Accès Université Orléans
Opmerking:	Brill-New Pauly Online (incluant les suppléments)
Autres localisations:	Voir dans le Sudoc
Variante du titre:	Brill's new Pauly supplements II.; Volume 10,; History and culture of Byzantium
Edition sous un autre format:	• Brill's new Pauly, Supplements, 10, History and culture of Byzantium, edited by Falko Daim, 2019, Leiden, Brill, 1 vol. (XXV-574 p.), 978-90-04-33933-0

Inhoudsopgave:

Preface
Area Editors
List of Authors
Notes to the User
List of Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
List of Articles
Historical survey
Byzantium 395-602
Byzantium ca. 600-1000
Byzantium 1025-1204
Byzantium 1204-1453
1. The idea of empire and emperor
1.1. The idea of empire and emperor: Introduction
1.2. The concept of the emperor
1.3. The Byzantine court: emperors, empresses, eunuchs and court culture
1.4. Emperor, elite and subjects
1.5. Public finances and taxation
2. State and politics
2.1. The Byzantine view of the state: the state and the imperial monarchy
2.2. Portrait of an emperor: Constantine I
2.3. Portrait of an emperor: Justinian I
2.4. Portrait of an emperor: Basil II
2.5. Portrait of an emperor: Alexios I Komnenos
2.6. Portrait of an emperor: Manuel II Palaiologos
3. People and society
3.1. Concepts of humanity and the world
3.2. Demographics: languages, ethnicities, migration
3.3. Women, men and eunuchs
3.4. Sexuality
3.5. Stages of life: from childhood to death
3.6. Family and household: social and economic aspects
3.7. Key social structures
3.8. Stability through association
3.9. Forms of instability: criminality, gangs, unrest and uprisings
3.10. Festivals, celebrations and rituals as temporary stabilizing factors
4. Legislation and legal practice
4.1. Byzantine law: a new legal system on an ancient foundation
4.2. Canon law and its status in the Byzantine legal system
4.3. Legislation
4.4. Courts and justice
4.5. Notaries and legal documents
5. State and government
5.1. Central civil institutions
5.2. Basic features of government (7th-15th centuries)
5.3. State budget
5.4. The chancellery, public documents and the written culture of the administration
6. War and warfare
6.1. The state's basic attitude toward war
6.2. Society and war
6.3. Strategy
6.4. The navy
6.5. Tactics
6.6. Soldiers and generals
6.7. Weaponry and equipment
7. Church and religion
7.1. Doctrinal history, 4th-15th centuries
7.2. Sacraments, liturgy and pastoral care
7.3. Sanctity, piety and deviance
7.4. Church organization and personnel (non-monastic)
7.5. Monasticism and monastic institutions
7.6. Relations with other churches and religions
8. Nature and environment, cultural and settlement landscapes
I. Natural landscape and environment
8.1. Landscape and climate
8.2. Environmental changes
II. Cultural landscape
8.3. Archaeobotany
8.4. Animal use and pastoralism
8.5. Food and the food supply
III. Settlement landscapes
8.6. Spatial structuring models
8.7. Primarily rural settlements
8.8. Monastic settlement forms
8.9. Primarily urban settlements
8.10. Constantinople
8.11. Thessalonica
8.12. Ephesus
8.13. Mistra
9. Transport, travel, logistics
9.1. Land routes
9.2. Sea routes
9.3. Modes of transportation by land
9.4. Modes of transportation by water
9.5. Attitudes toward travel
9.6. Travelling on government business - or travellers as victims of political change
9.7. Pilgrimage
9.8. Commercial travel
9.9. Travel duration and hazards
9.10. Logistics
9.11. Lodgings
9.12. Geographical and travel literature
10. Production and technology
I. Obtaining raw materials and energy
10.1. Mineral resources
10.2. Plant and animal raw materials
10.3. Importation of raw materials
10.4. Use of energy sources
II. Industrial production and the refinement of raw materials
10.5. Professional associations
10.6. Stone working and processing
10.7. Pottery
10.8. Ironworking
10.9. Non-ferrous metals
10.10. Goldsmithing and silversmithing
10.11. Precious stones
10.12. Glass
10.13. Bone carving
10.14. Ivory
10.15. Leather goods
10.16. Textiles
10.17. Timber as a building material
10.18. Construction
10.19. Mechanics and machines
III. Shipping and distribution of products
10.20. Markets and fairs, trade routes
11. Art and architecture
11.1. The role of art in Byzantine society
11.2. Architecture
11.3. Art
12. Language, literature, culture and education
12.1. The literary language of Byzantium
12.2. Literature
12.3. Culture of writing and books I: Painted, chiselled, etched - the epigraphic tradition
12.4. Culture of writing and books II: Books and libraries - writing and reading in Byzantium
12.5. Culture and education - imparting knowledge in Byzantium
13. Medicine
13.1. The medical profession
13.2. Hospitals
13.3. Medical writings
13.4. Xenonika biblia
13.5. Common illnesses
13.6. Epidemics
13.7. Therapies
14. Music
14.1. Liturgical music and the traditions of liturgical song
14.2. Sticherarion
14.3. Heirmologion
14.4. Psaltikon and Asmatikon
14.5. Akolouthia
14.6. Melodes.and composers
14.7. Choral and solo chant
14.8. Notation
14.9. Music theory
14.10. Musical instruments
14.11. Ensembles
15. The Byzantines and the outside world
15.1. The Byzantine worldview
15.2. The West
15.3. The Balkans and the Northeast
15.4. The Caucasus
15.5. The East: the Turks
15.6. The South
15.7. Minorities in the empire

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