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Angeliki Laiou (1941-2008), one of the leading Byzantinists of her generation, broke new ground in the study of the social and economic history of the...
This is a concise survey of the economy of the Byzantine Empire from the fourth century AD to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Organised chronologi...
From the Seventh Through the Fifteenth Century
The longevity of the Byzantine state was due largely to the existence of variegated and articulated economic systems. This three-volume study examines...
The studies in this volume reflect the author's interest in history as it was lived: not only the social and economic structures, but the men and wome...
The Foreign Policy of Andronicus II, 1282-1328
In this penetrating account of Andronicus' foreign policy, Laiou focuses on Byzantium's relations with the Latin West, the far-reaching domestic impli...
An Icon Painter in Venetian Crete
A tumultuous period in history, the late Byzantine era bore witness to bloody power struggles that dramatically changed the geographical, political an...
A Social and Demographic Study
This book applies scientific demographic methods to the study of Byzantine peasantry in a period of feudalization. The author shows that the number of...
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"This book accompanies the first exhibition to explore the lives of Byzantine women through their representation in material and literary culture. It ...
In 1944, as the end of World War II approached, an important series of talks was held to plan the formation of postwar international institutions. The...