The Oxford Handbook Of Byzantine Studies

Author : Elizabeth Jeffreys,John F. Haldon,Robin Cormack
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1053 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199252466

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The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies by Elizabeth Jeffreys,John F. Haldon,Robin Cormack Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies presents discussions by leading experts on all significant aspects of this diverse and fast-growing field. Byzantine Studies deals with the history and culture of the Byzantine Empire, the eastern half of the Late Roman Empire, from the fourth to the fourteenth century. Its centre was the city formerly known as Byzantium, refounded as Constantinople in 324 CE, the present-day Istanbul. Under its emperors, patriarchs, and all-pervasive bureaucracy Byzantium developed a distinctive society: Greek in language, Roman in legal system, and Christian in religion. Byzantium's impact in the European Middle Ages is hard to over-estimate, as a bulwark against invaders, as a meeting-point for trade from Asia and the Mediterranean, as a guardian of the classical literary and artistic heritage, and as a creator of its own magnificent artistic style.

Author : Robin Cormack,John F.. Haldon,Elizabeth M. Jeffreys
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1231547119

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The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies by Robin Cormack,John F.. Haldon,Elizabeth M. Jeffreys Pdf

Author : Stratis Papaioannou
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 785 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199351763

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The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Literature by Stratis Papaioannou Pdf

In twenty-five chapters by leading scholars, this volume propagates a nuanced understanding of Byzantine "literature", highlighting key problems, and presenting basic research tools for an audience of specialists and non-specialists.

Author : Ellen C. Schwartz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 665 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197572207

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The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Art and Architecture by Ellen C. Schwartz Pdf

Byzantine art has been an underappreciated field, often treated as an adjunct to the arts of the medieval West, if considered at all. In illustrating the richness and diversity of art in the Byzantine world, this handbook will help establish the subject as a distinct field worthy of serious inquiry. Essays consider Byzantine art as art made in the eastern Mediterranean world, including the Balkans, Russia, the Near East and north Africa, between the years 330 and 1453. Much of this art was made for religious purposes, created to enhance and beautify the Orthodox liturgy and worship space, as well as to serve in a royal or domestic context. Discussions in this volume will consider both aspects of this artistic creation, across a wide swath of geography and a long span of time. The volume marries older, object-based considerations of themes and monuments which form the backbone of art history, to considerations drawing on many different methodologies-sociology, semiotics, anthropology, archaeology, reception theory, deconstruction theory, and so on-in an up-to-date synthesis of scholarship on Byzantine art and architecture. The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Art and Architecture is a comprehensive overview of a particularly rich field of study, offering a window into the world of this fascinating and beautiful period of art.

Author : Susan Ashbrook Harvey,David G. Hunter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1049 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199271569

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The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies by Susan Ashbrook Harvey,David G. Hunter Pdf

Provides an introduction to the academic study of early Christianity (c. 100-600 AD) and examines the vast geographical area impacted by the early church, in Western and Eastern late antiquity. --from publisher description.

Author : Christian Reus-Smit,Duncan Snidal
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191003257

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The Oxford Handbook of International Relations by Christian Reus-Smit,Duncan Snidal Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of International Relations offers the most authoritative and comprehensive overview to date of the field of international relations. Arguably the most impressive collection of international relations scholars ever brought together within one volume, the Handbook debates the nature of the field itself, critically engages with the major theories, surveys a wide spectrum of methods, addresses the relationship between scholarship and policy making, and examines the field's relation with cognate disciplines. The Handbook takes as its central themes the interaction between empirical and normative inquiry that permeates all theorizing in the field and the way in which contending approaches have shaped one another. In doing so, the Handbook provides an authoritative and critical introduction to the subject and establishes a sense of the field as a dynamic realm of argument and inquiry. The Oxford Handbook of International Relations will be essential reading for all of those interested in the advanced study of global politics and international affairs.

Author : John Peter Oleson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199734856

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The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World by John Peter Oleson Pdf

Nearly every aspect of daily life in the Mediterranean world and Europe during the florescence of the Greek and Roman cultures is relevant to engineering and technology. This text highlights the accomplishments of the ancient societies, the research problems, and stimulates further progress in the history of ancient technology.

Author : Ellen C. Schwartz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 665 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780190277352

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The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Art and Architecture by Ellen C. Schwartz Pdf

"This handbook offers a wide-ranging introduction to the richness and diversity of the arts in the Byzantine world. It includes thirty-eight essays by international authors, from prominent researchers to emerging scholars, on various issues and media. Discussions consider art created for religious purposes, to enhance and beautify the Orthodox liturgy and worship space, as well as art made to serve in royal and domestic contexts. While Byzantium is defined as the years 330-1453 CE, some chapters treat the aftermath and influence of Byzantine art on later periods. Arts covered include buildings and objects from the Eastern Mediterranean region, including the Balkans, Russia, North Africa, and the Near East. The volume brings together object-based considerations of themes and monuments which form the backbone of art history, with considerations drawing on many different methodologies-sociology, semiotics, anthropology, archaeology, reception theory, deconstruction theory, among others-all in an up-to-date synthesis of scholarship on Byzantine art and architecture. The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Art and Architecture is a comprehensive overview of a rich field of study, offering a window into the world of this distinct and fascinating period of art"--

Author : William E. Metcalf
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 707 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780199372188

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The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage by William E. Metcalf Pdf

A large gap exists in the literature of ancient numismatics between general works intended for collectors and highly specialized studies addressed to numismatists. Indeed, there is hardly anything produced by knowledgeable numismatists that is easily accessible to the academic community at large or the interested lay reader. The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage will fill this gap by providing a systematic overview of the major coinages of the classical world. The Handbook begins with a general introduction by volume editor William E. Metcalf followed by an article establishing the history and role of scientific analysis in ancient numismatics. The subsequent thirty-two chapters, all written by an international group of distinguished scholars, cover a vast geography and chronology, beginning with the first evidence of coins in Western Asia Minor in the seventh century BCE and continuing up to the transformation of coinage at the end of the Roman Empire. In addition to providing the essential background and current research questions of each of the major coinages, the Handbook also includes articles on the application of numismatic evidence to the disciplines of archaeology, economic history, art history, and ancient history. With helpful appendices, a glossary of specialized terms, indices of mints, persons, and general topics, and nearly 900 illustrations, The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage will be an indispensable resource for scholars and students of the classical world, as well as a stimulating reference for collectors and interested lay readers.

Author : Trevor Pinch,Karin Bijsterveld
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780195388947

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The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies by Trevor Pinch,Karin Bijsterveld Pdf

Written by the world's leading scholars and researchers in sound studies, this handbook offers new and engaging perspectives on the significance of sound in its material and cultural forms.

Author : Mark Jackson
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 691 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199546497

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The Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine by Mark Jackson Pdf

In three sections, the Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine celebrates the richness and variety of medical history around the world. It explore medical developments and trends in writing history according to period, place, and theme.

Author : Geoffrey Jones,Jonathan Zeitlin
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191555770

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The Oxford Handbook of Business History by Geoffrey Jones,Jonathan Zeitlin Pdf

This Handbook provides a state-of-the-art survey of research in business history. Business historians study the historical evolution of business systems, entrepreneurs and firms, as well as their interaction with their political, economic, and social environment. They address issues of central concern to researchers in management studies and business administration, as well as economics, sociology and political science, and to historians. They employ a range of qualitative and quantitative methodologies, but all share a belief in the importance of understanding change over time. The Oxford Handbook of Business History has brought together leading scholars to provide a comprehensive, critical, and interdisciplinary examination of business history, organized into four parts: Approaches and Debates; Forms of Business Organization; Functions of Enterprise; and Enterprise and Society. The Handbook shows that business history is a wide-ranging and dynamic area of study, generating compelling empirical data, which has sometimes confirmed and sometimes contested widely-held views in management and the social sciences. The Oxford Handbook of Business History is a key reference work for scholars and advanced students of Business History, and a fascinating resource for social scientists in general.

Author : Dan Hicks,Mary C. Beaudry
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 794 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199218714

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The Oxford Handbook of Material Culture Studies by Dan Hicks,Mary C. Beaudry Pdf

Written by an international team of experts, the Handbook makes accessible a full range of theoretical and applied approaches to the study of material culture, and the place of materiality in social theory, presenting current thinking about material culture from the fields of archaeology, anthropology, geography, and science and technology studies.

Author : Christina Riggs
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191626333

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The Oxford Handbook of Roman Egypt by Christina Riggs Pdf

Roman Egypt is a critical area of interdisciplinary research, which has steadily expanded since the 1970s and continues to grow. Egypt played a pivotal role in the Roman empire, not only in terms of political, economic, and military strategies, but also as part of an intricate cultural discourse involving themes that resonate today - east and west, old world and new, acculturation and shifting identities, patterns of language use and religious belief, and the management of agriculture and trade. Roman Egypt was a literal and figurative crossroads shaped by the movement of people, goods, and ideas, and framed by permeable boundaries of self and space. This handbook is unique in drawing together many different strands of research on Roman Egypt, in order to suggest both the state of knowledge in the field and the possibilities for collaborative, synthetic, and interpretive research. Arranged in seven thematic sections, each of which includes essays from a variety of disciplinary vantage points and multiple sources of information, it offers new perspectives from both established and younger scholars, featuring individual essay topics, themes, and intellectual juxtapositions.

Author : J. W. Rogerson,Judith M. Lieu
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 915 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006-03-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191568992

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The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies by J. W. Rogerson,Judith M. Lieu Pdf

The Oxford Handbooks series is a major new initiative in academic publishing. Each volume offers an authoritative and up-to-date survey of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates. Biblical studies is a highly technical and diverse field. Study of the Bible demands expertise in fields ranging from Archaeology, Egyptology, Assyriology, and Linguistics through textual, historical, and sociological studies to Literary Theory, Feminism, Philosophy, and Theology, to name only some. This authoritative and compelling guide to the discipline will, therefore, be an invaluable reference work for all students and academics who want to explore more fully essential topics in Biblical studies.