“…The book's larger underlying themes--the continuing debate between Christianity and Hellenism, and the relationship between classical and Christian literature--offer insights into more general late Roman and early Byzantine religious and cultural attitudes and issues, including the relations between pagan and Christian paideia, the cult of the martyrs, and the role of Christianity in the Roman empire…”

“…The third edition of Reading the Middle Ages retains the strengths of previous editions-thematic and geographical diversity, clear and informative introductions, and close integration with A Short History of the Middle Ages-and adds significant new materials, especially on the Byzantine and Islamic worlds and the Mediterranean region. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Gregory the Great in the Byzantine Tradition; 16. The Reception of Gregory in the Renaissance and Reformation; Bibliography; General Index…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…part, 5I The Classical world -- chapter Introduction / chapter 1 Alcmaeon and his addressees -- Revisiting the incipit * / chapter 2 Gone with the wind -- Laughter and the audience of the Hippocratic treatises / chapter 3 The professional audiences of the Hippocratic Epidemics -- Patient cases in Hippocratic scientific communication 1 / part, 65II The Imperial world -- chapter 4 Galen’s Exhortation to the Study of Medicine -- An educational work for prospective medical students * / chapter 5 An interpretation of the preface to Medical Puzzles and Natural Problems 1 by Pseudo-Alexander of Aphrodisias in light of medical education * / part, 111III The Islamic world -- chapter 6 The user-friendly Galen -- Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq and the adaptation of Greek medicine for a new audience / chapter 7 Medical knowledge as proof of the Creator’s wisdom and the Arabic reception of Galen’s On the Usefulness of the Parts / part, 151IV The Byzantine world -- chapter 8 Physician versus physician -- Comparing the audience of On the Constitution of Man by Meletios and Epitome on the Nature of Men by Leo the Physician * / chapter 9 Reading Galen in Byzantium -- The fate of Therapeutics to Glaucon *…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Social Status and Civic Participation in Early Byzantine Cities -- Julio Cesar Magalhães de Oliveira. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Puzzles for Programmers and Pros; About the Author; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Contest Info; p2p.wrox.com; Part I: Mind Games; Sweet Tooth; Byzantine Bettors; A Touch of Luck; Information Gain; Reach for the Sky!…”

“…The verse is one of the most prevalent among biblical citations in Greek inscriptions from the Late Roman – Byzantine period in the Syria-Palestinian area…”

“…Marwān defeated an Armenian-led Byzantine army in the Umayyad North. In retribution for their rebellion, Muḥammad subsequently tricked the Armenian nobility into gathering into churches in southern Armenia, then he locked the doors and ordered his men to burn the captives alive. …”

“…Proclus was the most important philosopher of late antiquity, a dominant (albeit controversial) voice in Byzantine thought, the second most influential Greek philosopher in the later western Middle Ages (after Aristotle), and a major figure (together with Plotinus) in the revival of Greek philosophy in the Renaissance. …”

“…Topics addressed in the book include: representations of the Messianic kingdom of Israel as a successor to the Roman Empire, the theme of imperial renewal in Jewish eschatology and its Roman parallels, representations of the emperor in late antique literature and art and their influence on the representations of the Messiah, the mother of the Messiah in late antique and Byzantine cultural contexts, and the figure of the last Roman Emperor in Christian and Jewish tradition…”
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“…Proclus was the most important philosopher of late antiquity, a dominant (albeit controversial) voice in Byzantine thought, the second most influential Greek philosopher in the later western Middle Ages (after Aristotle), and a major figure (together with Plotinus) in the revival of Greek philosophy in the Renaissance. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A New Approach -- 2 Essential Terms and Their Implications for Reading -- 3 The Chronographia’s Invective against Eusebius as Its Claim to Auctoritas -- 4 The Place of the Chronographia in Byzantine Chronography -- 5 The Argument of This Book -- Part 1: The Argument of the Chronographia -- 1 Text and Manuscripts: The Imperial Logic of the Chronographia -- 1 The Ninth-Century Form of the Chronographia -- 2 The Structure of the Text: AM 5434 as the Beginning of a New Era -- 3 Time’s Order: A Chronology of Emperors or of Universal Years? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…/ Hubert Houben -- Norman traditions in southern Italy / Graham A. Loud -- The Greek-Byzantine heritage in the kingdom of Sicily / Vera von Falkenhausen -- Charters and chancery under Roger I and Roger II / Julia Becker -- Literary themes and genres in Norman southern Italy : the return of the saints / Corinna Bottiglieri -- The Norman conquerors between "epos" and "chanson de gestes" : perception of identities in cultural flows / Eleni Tounta -- Sicily's imperial heritage / Stefan Burkhardt -- Imperial tradition and Norman heritage : cultures of violence and cruelty / Thomas Foerster -- Creators of identities in the Norman kingdom of Sicily / Francesco Panarelli -- The rise of the Normans as ethnopoiesis / Sigbjørn Sønnesyn -- Keeping it in the family : re-reading Anglo-Norman historiography in the face of cultural memory, tradition and heritage / Benjamin Pohl -- Norman topographies of conquest : mapping Anglo-Norman identities onto Ireland / Amy C. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…FRONT MATTER; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART I: GLAZED TABLE WARES; I.1 LOCAL, GLAZED WARES; I.2 SOFT-PASTE WARES; 1.3 EGYPTIAN WARES; I.4 BYZANTINE WARES; I.5 AEGEAN WARES; I.6 ZEUXIPPUS WARES; I.7 PORT ST. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction : from binding to burning / Philip Rousseau -- Making the book -- The word made visible : the exterior of the early Christian book as visual argument / John Lowden -- Books and book production in the monastic communities of Byzantine Egypt / Chrysi Kotsifou -- Constructing texts -- Talmud and "fathers of the church" : theologies and the making of books / Daniel Boyarin -- The Syriac Book of women : text and metatext / Catherine Burris -- Passages and places -- Through the looking glass darkly : Jerome inside the book / Catherine M. …”

“…This unrelenting threat might well have driven the Byzantines to seek once more a strategic cooperation with the Armenians, both those outside and within the Empire. …”

“…The second volume of Essays in Anarchism & Religion includes essays covering themes such as Yiddish radicalism, Byzantine theology, First Peter, William Blake, the role of violence in anarchism and in Christian anarchism, Spanish anarchist-themed film, and the Occult features of anarchism. …”

“…Then, there are texts of documentary nature: petitions, tax receipts, registers, reports, private letters, testimony of the daily life in Egypt during Roman and Byzantine times…”