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Book author
Time frame
Object of study
Areas
Person
Specific phenomena
Results
A History of Byzantium
Gregory Timothy E.

Timothy E.Gregory gives a very good overview over Byzantium’s history from the 3rd century to the fall of Constantinople.

A History of the Herules
Prostko-Prostyński, Jan

In his monograph,  Jan Prostko-Prostyński contextualises the history of the Heruls against the background of the migration period. The history of the Heruls shows how the development and migration of a military group in this period should always be understood in a wider context of tension between the Eastern Roman and Western Roman Empires. The few reports by ancient authors have received little attention from previous research and only a few publications on this gens have appeared in recent years.

Angelsächsische Waffengräber des 5. bis 7. Jahrhunderts
Härke, Heinrich

Härke deals with the furniture of weapons in early Saxon graves and correlates the accessible archaeological and anthropological data as well as the written sources.

Antoninus Pius und die Rollenbilder des römischen Princeps. Herrscherliches Handeln und seine Repräsentation in der Hohen Kaiserzeit.
Michels, Christoph

In his book, Christoph Michels examines the imperial representation during the reign of Antoninus Pius and its interrelations with the emperors’ policies.

Basil II and the Governance of Empire (976-1025)
Holmes, Catherine

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.

 

Between Ravenna and Constantinople. Rethinking Late Antique Settlement Patterns
Ciglenečki, Slavko

In Between Ravenna and Constantinople, the Slovenian archaeologist Slavko Ciglenečki presents a comprehensive analysis of the profound changes in settlement patterns during Late Antiquity.

Bild und Bildersprache der römischen Kaiser
Radnoti-Alföldi, Maria

Radnoti-Alföldi examines the images and image language of the Roman Empire using concrete examples of objects.

Byzantinische Geschichte
Ostrogorsky, Georg

This book counts as a standard work of Byzantine history. The text saw three editions at the German publisher’s C.H. Beck and two editions in English.

Byzantium and the Turks in the Thirteenth Century
Korobeinikov, Dimitri

Korobeinikov’s book describes empire of Nicaea and its relations with the Seljuk Turks of Rūm, the Mongols of the Ilkhanate, and the Turkish nomadic confederations

Byzantium at War: AD 600-1453
Haldon, John

Haldon’s book explores the ways in which the medieval east Roman Empire secured its long existence.

Byzantium, the Islamic World & India AD 476-1526
Nicolle, David

David Nicolle is a military historian who focuses on the Middle Ages and the geographical area of the Middle East. The book is about weapons from Western Europe, while the second addresses the weapons of Byzantium, the Islamic world and India

Coining Images of Power. Patterns in the Representation of Roman Emperors on Imperial Coinage A.D. 193-284
Manders, Erika

The book deals with Roman coinage and its importance as a medium of representation and self-portrayal of the Roman emperors in the 3rd century.

Controversial Histories – Current Views on the Crusades
Hinz, Felix and Meyer-Hamme, Johannes

The edited volume at hand aims to provide an overview of contemporary international discourse on the subject for both students and researchers. It assembles 27 current perspectives of academics on the role of the Crusades in the historical culture of their respective countries.

Cultural Encounters on Byzantium’s Northern Frontier
Gandila, Andrei

Gandila analyses the contacts  between Romans and “barbarian” groups  within Byzantine Danube border zone during the 6th–8th centuries.

Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185–1365
Vásáry, István

The book under examination covers the period between 1185 and 1365 and has to do with the history of two nomadic peoples, namely the Cumans and the Tatars.

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