Routledge Novum Millennium: Studies on Byzantine History and Culture Dedicated to Paul Speck

Product Description This volume reflects the different methods and new approaches to the study of Byzantine history that have characterized the work of Paul Speck, to whom it is dedicated, and above all, his insistence on a close reading and careful interpretation of the sources. These aims are encapsulated in the introduction by John Haldon, which gives a sense of where future studies should lead new generations of scholars. The following studies, by many of the leading authorities in their fields, look at a whole range of aspects of the history of Byzantium - its culture, theology, linguistics, literature, historiography, sigillography and art - and at the place of the Byzantine empire within the late antique and medieval worlds. About the Author Claudia Sode, University of Jena, Germany and Sarolta Takacs, Rutgers University, USA John Haldon, Albrecht Berger, Wolfram Brandes, William Brashear, Alan Cameron, Jean-Claude Cheynet, Carolina Cupane, George T. Dennis, John Duffy, Arne Effenberger, Michel van Esbroeck, Clive Foss, Joseph D. Frendo, Judith Herrin, Wolfram Horandner, David Jacoby, Patricia Karlin-Hayter, Otto Kresten, Erich Lamberz, John S. Langdon, Claudia Ludwig, Cecile Morrisson, Nicolas Oikonomides, Anna Pontani, Claudia Rapp, Stephen W. Reinert, Ilse Rochow, Silvia Ronchey, Peter Schreiner, Serge Serikoff, Irfan Shahid, Gotthard Strohmaier, Dimitri Theodoridis, Giusto Traina, Martha P. Vinson, Eva de Vries-van der Velden, Speros Vryonis, Jr.