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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793002403321

Autore

Kardaras Georgios

Titolo

Byzantium and the Avars, 6th-9th century AD : political, diplomatic and cultural relations / / Georgios Kardaras

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

90-04-38226-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 pages)

Collana

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, , 1872-8103 ; ; Volume 51

Disciplina

949.502

Soggetti

Avars

Byzantine Empire History 527-1081

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This book was originally published in Greek, under the title: To Vyzantio kai hoi Avaroi, 6.-9. ai.: politikes, diplomatikes kai politismikes scheseis, by the National Hellenic Research Foundation - Institute for Byzantine Research (Athens, 2010)."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Figures and Maps -- Abbreviations -- A Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Byzantium and the Avars from 558 to 582 -- Byzantium and the Avars from 582 until 626 -- The Byzantine-Avar Relations after 626 -- The Archaeological Finds on the Byzantine-Avar Relations -- The Byzantine Finds and the Possible Channels of Communication between Byzantium and the Avars after 626 -- Byzantine-Avar Relations and Warfare -- Conclusion -- Figures -- Maps -- Back Matter -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Georgios Kardaras offers a global view of the contacts between the Byzantine Empire and the Avar Khaganate, emphasizing the reconstruction of these contacts after 626 (when, in contrast to archaeological evidence, written sources are very few) and the definition of the possible channels of communication between the two powers. The author scrutinizes the political and diplomatic framework, and critically examines issues such as mutual influence on material culture and on warfare, reaching the conclusion that significant contact between Byzantium and the Avars can be proved up until 775.