The Byzantine Dark AgesThe Byzantine Dark Ages explores current debates about the sudden transformation of the Byzantine Empire in the wake of environmental, social and political changes. Those studying the Byzantine Empire, the successor to the Roman Empire in the eastern Mediterranean, have long recognized that the mid-7th century CE ushered in sweeping variations in the way of life of many inhabitants of the Mediterranean world, with evidence of the decline of the size and economic prosperity of cities, a sharp fall in expressions of literary culture, the collapse in trade networks, and economic and political instability. Michael J. Decker looks at the material evidence for the 7th to 9th centuries, lays out the current academic discourse about its interpretation, and suggests new ways of thinking about this crucial era. Important to readers interested in understanding how and why complex societies and imperial systems undergo and adapt to stresses, this clearly written, accessible work will also challenge students of archaeology and history to think in new ways when comprehending the construction of the past. |
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Comentariu Utilizator - DinadansFriend - LibraryThingThe prose is pedestrian, but the work is heavier on Archaeology than most surveys of this period. It is quite useful as, the time span is remarkably sparse for written records. The author, has to ... Citește recenzia completă
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2 Material Evidence and Meaning | 43 |
3 Cities | 81 |
4 The Dark Age Countryside | 123 |
5 The Dark Age Economy | 155 |
6 New Directions | 187 |
Bibliography | 195 |
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Aegean Amorium amphorae Anatolia Arab Asia Minor Athens Balkans basilica Butrint Byzantine archaeology Byzantine period Byzantium caliphate Cambridge Cappadocia centres ceramic chronological church classical coarse wares coins Constantinople contexts continued Corinth countryside Curta Cyprus Dark Age debate decline Dumbarton Oaks early Byzantine early medieval period east eastern Mediterranean economic Ege Yayınları eighth century elites emperor evidence example excavation fifth forms Glazed White Ware Gortyn Greece Greek Günsenin Haldon handmade Hayes Heraclius Hierapolis hoards Hodges imperial indicate Islamic Istanbul Italy Justinian kiln landscape late antique Late Roman Lightfoot lower city major material culture McCormick Mediterranean Morrisson Mundell Mango Nicopolis ninth centuries noted Oxford Peloponnese Pisidia pottery production Pyrgouthi regional remains Roman Empire Rome rural Sagalassos scholars settlement seventh century seventh to ninth Sicily sixth Slavs studies survey tenth trade Triconch Triconch Palace types University Press urban vessels Vrina Vroom western Yenikapı
Informații bibliografice
| Titlu | The Byzantine Dark Ages Debates in Archaeology |
| Autor | Michael J. Decker |
| Editor | Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016 |
| ISBN | 1472536061, 9781472536068 |
| Lungime | 208 pagini |
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