The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople

Herausgeber: Bassett, Sarah

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book describes Constantinople between the fourth and the fifteenth centuries. It discusses practical matters of urban infrastructure together with the administrative, social, and cultural institutions that gave the city life. It examines visitors' encounters with one of the great cities of the middle ages.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 714g
• ISBN-13: 9781108705578
• ISBN-10: 110870557X
• Artikelnr.: 60895224

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Sarah Bassett
Part I. The Place and Its People: 1. Before Constantinople Thomas Russell
2. Urban Development and Decline, Fourth-Fifteenth Centuries Albrecht Berger
3. The People of Constantinople Anthony Kaldellis
Part II. Practical Matters: 4. Waters for a Capital: Hydraulic Infrastructure and Use in Byzantine Constantinople James Crow
5. The Supply of Food to Constantinople Raymond Van Dam
6. Constantinople: Building and Maintenance Enrico Zanini
7. The Defense of Constantinople Eric McGeer
Part III. Urban Experiences: 8. Imperial Constantinople Paul Magdalino
9. Residential Constantinople Albrecht Berger and Philipp Niewöhner
10. Commercial Constantinople Koray Durak
11. Sacred Dimensions: Church Building and Ecclesiastical Practice Vasileios Marinis
12. Sacred Dimensions: Constantinopolitan Monasticism Dirk Krassmüller
13. Sacred Dimensions: Death and Burial Mark Johnson
Part IV. Institutions and Activities: 14. The Administration of Constantinople Andreas Gkoutzoukostas
15. Philanthropic Institutions Timothy S. Miller
16. Schools and Learning Niels Gaul
17. Entertainment Marcus Rautman
Part V. Encountering Constantinople: 18. Medieval Travellers to Constantinople: Wonders and Wonder Nike Koutrakou
19. Pilgrimage to Constantinople Annemarie Weyl Carr
20. Encountering and Inventing Constantinople in Early Modern Europe Sean Roberts
21. Byzantium in Early Modern Istanbul Çi¿dem Kafesciölu.