Doctoral Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz
Doctoral Subject: Eastern European History
Working Title: Varangians and Slavs as a Threat to Byzantium in 18th- and 19th-Century Russian Textual Culture
Timothy E.Gregory gives a very good overview over Byzantium’s history from the 3rd century to the fall of Constantinople.
Holmes’ Basil II and the Governance of Empire is an excellent book, in which she presents a well-argued summary of where ‘problem areas’ in the study of Basil II remain.
Haldon’s book explores the ways in which the medieval east Roman Empire secured its long existence.
Eduard Mühle investigates how Slavs were perceived in the medieval world and what concepts and beliefs European sources used to present the Slavs
Military saints in Byzantium and Rus, 900-1200 examines the changes which cults of Byzantine military saints underwent in Rus.