TheSocial History of Byzantium by John Haldon - 9781405132404

TheSocial History of ByzantiumAuthor(s): John Haldon\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781405132404, 978-1405132404\nSynopsis\nA SOCIAL HISTORY OF BYZANTIUM Until now, the social history of Byzantium has remained a neglected field. Professor John Haldon has put together a team of leading international Byzantinists, each of whom addresses his or her own specialized area. The book will be a critical tool for anyone who wants to understand Byzantium. Averil Cameron, University of Oxford The great merit of this volume is its openness to larger methodological debates about socio-economic history and state structures. For the first time in a comprehensive study, Byzantine society is treated as an integral part of the world history of the Middle Ages. Claudia Rapp, University of California, Los Angeles Western civilization owes an incalculable cultural and historical debt to the Byzantine Empire. Before falling to t.