The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian (Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World)

Cambridge University Press
Edition: First Edition. Paperback., 4/18/2005
EAN 9780521520713, ISBN10: 0521520711

Paperback, 672 pages, 23 x 15.3 x 4 cm
Language: English

This book introduces the Age of Justinian, the last Roman century and the first flowering of Byzantine culture. 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. In this volume, twenty specialists explore the most important aspects of the age including the mechanics and theory of empire, warfare, urbanism, and economy. It also discusses the impact of the great plague, the codification of Roman law, and the many religious upheavals taking place at the time. Consideration is given to imperial relations with the papacy, northern barbarians, the Persians, and other eastern peoples, shedding new light on a dramatic and highly significant historical period.

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.

'The publication of The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian is a major achievement and event in the field of Byzantine studies that promises to raise to a higher level study of the East Roman world at its 6th-century apogee. ... contains a vast amount of information and learning for which student and specialist alike will be grateful.' The Anglo-Hellenic Review