LEADER 04690nam 22006735 450 001 9910502984903321 005 20240701122958.0 010 $a9783030843076 010 $a3030843076 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-84307-6 035 $a(CKB)5090000000004696 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6747465 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6747465 035 $a(OCoLC)1287134636 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-84307-6 035 $a(EXLCZ)995090000000004696 100 $a20211006d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcz#---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Byzantine City from Heraclius to the Fourth Crusade, 610-1204 $eUrban Life after Antiquity /$fby Luca Zavagno 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Pivot,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (225 pages) $cillustrations (chiefly color) 225 1 $aNew Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture,$x2730-9371 311 08$a9783030843069 311 08$a3030843068 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. The History of Byzantine Urbanism -- 2. The Byzantine Mediterranean Between the End of Late Antiquity and the Fourth Crusade -- 3. The Experience of Byzantine Cities Across Space and Time -- 4. "Regional" Changes of Byzantine Urbanism from 600 to 1204. 330 $a"This is a most welcome and important contribution in the study of Byzantine cities, a topic of growing scholarly interest. Drawing from a range of historical sources and archaeological results, this book offers a compelling overview of the socioeconomic and cultural complexity of the Byzantine city and its significance for our understanding of the history of Byzantium." -Nikolas Bakirtzis, The Cyprus Institute "This magisterial book explores the Byzantine city from two different points of view: its concrete archaeological image, deriving from excavation in many different Mediterranean countries; and our contemporary idea of it, produced by the intense scholarly debate of the last few decades. Based on extensive reading, and a sophisticated review and discussion of the most relevant theoretical themes, Zavagno's study is a crucial reference for everyone willing to study and understand the complexity of urban phenomenon in the Byzantine Mediterranean." -Enrico Zanini, University of Siena, Italy This book explores the Byzantine city and the changes it went through from 610 to 1204. Throughout this period, cities were always the centers of political and social life for both secular and religious authorities, and, furthermore, the focus of the economic interests of local landowning elites. This book therefore examines the regional and subregional trajectories in the urban function, landscape, structure and fabric of Byzantium's cities, synthesizing the most cutting-edge archaeological excavations, the results of analyses of material culture (including ceramics, coins, and seals) and a reassessment of the documentary and hagiographical sources. The transformation the Byzantine urban landscape underwent from the seventh to thirteenth centuries can afford us a better grasp of changes to the Byzantine central and provincial administrative apparatus; their fiscal machinery, military institutions, socio-economic structures and religious organization. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of the history, archaeology and architecture of Byzantium. Luca Zavagno is Associate Professor of Byzantine Studies in the Department of History at Bilkent University, Turkey. He is the author of many articles on the early medieval and Byzantine Mediterranean, as well as two monographs. . 410 0$aNew Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture,$x2730-9371 606 $aEurope$xHistory$x476-1492 606 $aCities and towns$xHistory 606 $aSocial history 606 $aHistory 606 $aHistory of Medieval Europe 606 $aUrban History 606 $aSocial History 606 $aHistory 615 0$aEurope$xHistory$x476-1492. 615 0$aCities and towns$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial history. 615 0$aHistory. 615 14$aHistory of Medieval Europe. 615 24$aUrban History. 615 24$aSocial History. 615 24$aHistory. 676 $a307.76094 676 $a307.760940902 700 $aZavagno$b Luca$0607985 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910502984903321 996 $aThe Byzantine City from Heraclius to the Fourth Crusade, 610-1204$92568066 997 $aUNINA