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The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian

The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian

Edited by:
Michael Maas

Online Publication Date:
May 2006

Print Publication Year:
2005

Hardback ISBN:
9780521817462

Online ISBN:
9781139000857

Dominated by the policies and personality of emperor Justinian I (527-565), this period of grand achievements and far-reaching failures witnessed the transformation of the Mediterranean world from Roman to Byzantine. Twenty specialists explore the most important aspects of the age--including the mechanics and theory of empire, warfare, urbanism, and economy. They also discuss the impact of the great plague, the codification of Roman law, and the many religious upheavals taking place at the time.

Reviews:

'The publication of The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian is a major achievement and event in the field of Byzantine studies that promises to raise to a higher level study of the East Roman world at its 6th-century apogee. … contains a vast amount of information and learning for which student and specialist alike will be grateful.' The Anglo-Hellenic Review
'… excellent book … extremely readable - comprehensible to the relative beginner, and yet containing enough material to keep the interest of the expert historian … We would also life to recommend it to the acquisition staff of the House of Commons Library and the Library of Congress to perhaps help educate our masters of the dangers of short-term military ventures and the possibilities of setting up peaceful, stable, multicultural societies.' Reference Reviews
'It will serve as an accessible introduction to the period for students and may also spark some new scholarly trains of thought. it is attractively presented, larded with colour and black-and-white illustrations and a number of particularly helpful maps and diagrams.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History
'… with this volume, a collection of contributions from well-known specialists, we now have an exhaustive and up-to-date compendium of the sixth century … this volume offers a competent introduction to the reign of one of the most important Roman emperors and its circumstances.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Frontmatter
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pp. i-xxxviii

Part 1 - Structures and Ideologies of Empire
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pp. 1-2

1 - Roman Questions, Byzantine Answers by Michael Maas
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pp. 3-27

2 - Economy and Administration by John F. Haldon
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pp. 28-59

3 - Justinian’s Constantinople by Brian Croke
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pp. 60-86

4 - The Classical City in the Sixth Century by Kenneth G. Holum
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pp. 87-112

6 - Mediterranean Plague in the Age of Justinian by Peregrine Horden
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pp. 134-160

7 - Law and Legal Practice in the Age of Justinian by Caroline Humfress
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pp. 161-184

8 - Justinianic Ideology and the Power of the Past by Charles Pazdernik
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pp. 185-212

9 - The Legacy of Chalcedon by Patrick T. R. Gray
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pp. 215-238

10 - Society and Community in the Christian East by Lucas van Rompay
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pp. 239-266

11 - Emperors and Popes in the Sixth Century by Claire Sotinel
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pp. 267-290

12 - Christian Piety and Practice in the Sixth Century by Derek Krueger
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pp. 291-315

13 - Philosophy in the Age of Justinian by Christian Wildberg
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pp. 316-340

14 - Art and Architecture in the Age of Justinian by Joseph D. Alchermes
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pp. 343-375

15 - Literary Culture under Justinian by Claudia Rapp
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pp. 376-398

16 - Jews in the Age of Justinian by Nicholas de Lange
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pp. 401-426

17 - The Age of Justinian by Leslie Brubaker
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pp. 427-447

18 - Justinian and the Barbarian Kingdoms by Walter Pohl
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pp. 448-476

19 - Byzantium and the East in the Sixth Century by Geoffrey Greatrex
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pp. 477-509

20 - The Background to Islam by Fred M. Donner
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pp. 510-534

Bibliography
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pp. 535-582

Index

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pp. 583-626

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