A Companion to Byzantium [electronic resource]

Using new methodological and theoretical approaches, A Companionto Byzantium presents an overview of the Byzantine world fromits inception in 330 A.D. to its fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. * Provides an accessible overview of eleven centuries ofByzantine society * Introduces the most recent scholarship that is transforming thefield of Byzantine studies * Emphasizes Byzantium's social and cultural history, as well asits material culture * Explores traditional topics and themes through freshperspectives