Consent and Coercion to Sex and Marriage in Ancient and Medieval Societies

Angeliki Laiou

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• This collection of essays addresses a number of questions regarding the role of consent in marriage and in sexual relations outside of marriage in anc... Lees meer

Studies on the Internal Diaspora of the Byzantine Empire

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• Although ethnicity is a modern concept and would not have been recognized by the Byzantines, throughout its history the Byzantine Empire was a multi-e... Lees meer

Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century

Irfan Shahîd

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• Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century is devoted to frontier studies and to the structures of the Arab federates of Byzantium. It deals mainly ... Lees meer

Thresholds of the Sacred

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• From the veils of the first-century Jewish temple, to the Orthodox iconostasis, to the tramezzi of Renaissance Italy, screens of various shapes, sizes... Lees meer

Ecclesiastical Silver Plate in Sixth-Century Byzantium

Susan A. Boyd, Marlia Mundell Mango

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• The twenty papers included in this volume were presented at an international symposium held in Baltimore and Washington in May, 1986. Planned to coinc... Lees meer

Byzantine Court Culture from 829 to 1204

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• The imperial court in Constantinople has been central to the outsider's vision of Byzantium. However, in spite of its fame in literature and scholarsh... Lees meer