Eastern Approaches to Byzantium - Antony Eastmond ( 2001 Ashgate Hardback )

Eastern Approaches to ByzantiumPapers from the Thirty-Third Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry, March 1999\nAuthor(s): Antony Eastmond\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780754603221, 978-0754603221\nSynopsis\nThe eastern frontier of Byzantium and the interaction of the peoples that lived along it are the themes of this book. With a focus on the ninth to thirteenth centuries and dealing with both art history and history, the essays provide reconsiderations of Byzantine policy on its eastern borders, new interpretations and new materials on Byzantine relations with the Georgians, Armenians and Seljuqs, as well as studies on the writing of history among these peoples. Presenting research from Russia and Georgia as well as Europe and the USA, the contributors stress the interaction and interdependence of all the peoples along this frontier zone, and consider the different ways in which.