The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian (Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World)

В сборнике - двадцать статей, в которых специалисты исследуют наиболее важные аспекты эпохи императора Юстиниана (527-565), включая теорию и механизмы империи, войны, урбанизма и экономики. Обсуждаются также влияние большой эпидемии чумы в Средиземноморье, кодификация Римского закона, и множества религиозных движений, характерных для периода преобразования средиземноморского мира из римского в византийский. Образцы сканов: (http://ipicture.ru/Gallery/Viewfull/9630761.html) (http://ipicture.ru/Gallery/Viewfull/9630810.html) (http://ipicture.ru/Gallery/Viewfull/9631372.html) (http://ipicture.ru/Gallery/Viewfull/9631411.html) This book introduces the Age of Justinian, the last Roman century and the first flowering of Byzantine culture. Dominated by the policies and personality of emperor Justinian I (527-565), this period of grand achievements and far-reaching failures witnessed the transformation of the Mediterranean world. In this volume, twenty specialists explore the most important aspects of the age including the mechanics and theory of empire, warfare, urbanism, and economy. It also discusses the impact of the great plague, the codification of Roman law, and the many religious upheavals taking place at the time. Consideration is given to imperial relations with the papacy, northern barbarians, the Persians, and other eastern peoples, shedding new light on a dramatic and highly significant historical period Dominated by the policies and personality of emperor Justinian I (527-565), this period of grand achievements and far-reaching failures witnessed the transformation of the Mediterranean world from Roman to Byzantine. Twenty specialists explore the most important aspects of the age--including the mechanics and theory of empire, warfare, urbanism, and economy. They also discuss the impact of the great plague, the codification of Roman law, and the many religious upheavals taking place at the time. The contributors to this volume introduce the Age of Justinian, the last Roman century and the first flowering of Byzantine culture. They explore the most important aspects of the age including the mechanics and theory of empire, warfare, urbanism and economy

Introduces the Age of Justinian, the last Roman century and the flowering of Byzantine culture.