Routledge Handbook of Human-Animal Relations in the Byzantine World

Przemysław Marciniak is a Research Professor and the Director of the Center for Byzantine Studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. His research focuses on Byzantine performative culture, the reception of Byzantium, and recently on animals and nature in the Byzantine world. His publications include articles on Byzantine entomology and a co-edited volume on the reception of Byzantium in the popular imagination.Tristan Schmidt is Assistant Professor at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. His research is focused on human-nature relations in the Byzantine world as well as on the aristocracy and military leadership between the 11th and 13th centuries in Byzantium. His animal-related publications include a monograph on animal imagery in Byzantine political discourse, and studies on concepts of animal agency in Byzantine texts and on ecological awareness in Byzantine society.

• Byzantine Animal Studies – History Beyond HumansPrzemysław Marciniak and Tristan SchmidtPart 1: What do “They” Mean to “Us”? Theoretical Perspectives on Byzantine AnimalsMore Than Meets the Eye: The Semiotics of Animals in ByzantiumTristan SchmidtTimotheus of Gaza and the Zoological Collection of Constantine VII. Two Byzantine TreatisesArnaud ZuckerChristianising Animals: Physiologus and Hexaemeral LiteratureStavros LazarisAnimal Rationality in Byzantine Philosophy and Islamic PhilosophyBligh Somma and Melpomeni VogiatziPart 2: Literary and Figurative Discourses on AnimalsUnsung Heroes of Byzantine Hagiography: The Role of Animals in Martyrs’ PassionsChristodoulos PapavarnavasAnimals in Byzantine Historical WritingStephanos EfthymiadisAnimals in Legal SourcesJohannes KoderAnimals in SatireKirsty StewartMan, Beast and Nature: Descriptions of Hunting in Byzantine LiteratureCharis Messis and Ingela NilssonAnimals in Byzantine MosaicsHenry MaguireAnimals in Byzantine ManuscriptsNancy P. Ševčenko Part 3: Material Animals in ByzantiumAnimals as a Source of Food During the Byzantine Period. Dietetic Advice and Dietary Reality.Maciej Kokoszko and Zofia RzeźnickaMore than Food – Animal Bone Finds as a Source for Different Research QuestionsHenriette BaronAnimals as Diplomatic Gifts: From Species to Political UsesNicolas DrocourtAnimals We Love: Pets and Companion Animals in Byzantium?Przemysław MarciniakIt Was Not Easy Being a Mouse in Constantinople: Some Notes on the Role of Mice in Byzantine Life and LiteratureKatarzyna Piotrowska