内容简介
Usingnewmethodologicalandtheoreticalapproaches,ACompaniontoByzantiumpresentsanoverviewoftheByzantineworldfromitsinceptionin330A.D.toitsfalltotheOttomanTurksin1453.ProvidesanaccessibleoverviewofelevencenturiesofByzantinesocietyIntroducesthemostrecentscholarshipthatistransformingthefieldofByzantinestudiesEmphasizesByzantium′ssocialandculturalhistory,aswellasitsmaterialcultureExplorestraditionaltopicsandthemesthroughfreshperspectives