Palgrave Advances in Byzantine History

CHARLES BARBER Associate Professor in the History of Art, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USAJANE BAUN Fellow of Greyfriars Hall, Oxford, and Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College London, UKKEN DARK Director, Research Centre for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, and Chair of the Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Reading, UKALAN HARVEY Senior Lecturer in History, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UKANTONY LITTLEWOOD Professor, Department of Classical Studies, University of Western Ontario, CANADARALPH W. MATHISEN Lecturer in Roman History and Late Antiquity, Department of History, University of Illinois, USADION C. SMYTHE Lecturer in Byzantine Studies, Queen's University, Belfast, UKPAUL STEPHENSON Rowe Professor of Byzantine History, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USAALICE-MARY TALBOT DIrector of Byzantine Studies, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC, USASHAUN TOUGHER Lecturer in Ancient History, Cardiff School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University, UKWARREN TREADGOLD National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Byzantine Studies, Saint Louis University, USA

• Political History (306-602); R.Mathisen Political History (602-1025); S.Tougher Political History (1025-1204); P.Stephenson Political History (1204-1453); J.Harris Gender; D.Smythe Art; C.Barber Church; J.Baun Army and Defence; W.Treadgold Literature; A.Littlewood Economy; A.Harvey Monasticism; A.Talbot Archaeology; K.Dark

'A comprehensive and entertaining introduction to the world of Byzantium, this guide provides an accessible overview of the politics, religion and culture of the East Roman Empire from the beginning of the fourth century to 1453. Offering surveys of both primary sources and the most recent scholarship, it will be a valuable tool for all students of Byzantium.' - Dr Fiona Haarer, Classics Department, King's College London, University of London'...essential for the future progress and coherence of the field.' - Anthony Kaldellis, Department of Greek and Latin, Ohio State University'...an indispensable teaching tool.' - Professor Michael John Angold, School of History and Classics, University of Edinburgh