Experiencing Byzantium: Papers from the 44th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Newcastle and Durham, April 2011 (Publications of the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367601281 ISBN 13: 9780367601287

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

From the reception of imperial ekphraseis in Hagia Sophia to the sounds and smells of the back streets of Constantinople, the sensory perception of Byzantium is an area that lends itself perfectly to an investigation into the experience of the Byzantine world. The theme of experience embraces all aspects of Byzantine studies and the Experiencing Byzantium symposium brought together archaeologists, architects, art historians, historians, musicians and theologians in a common quest to step across the line that divides how we understand and experience the Byzantine world and how the Byzantines themselves perceived the sensual aspects of their empire and also their faith, spirituality, identity and the nature of ’being’ in Byzantium. The papers in this volume derive from the 44th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, held for the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies by the University of Newcastle and University of Durham, at Newcastle upon Tyne in April 2011. They are written by a group of international scholars who have crossed disciplinary boundaries to approach an understanding of experience in the Byzantine world. Experiencing Byzantium is volume 18 in the series published by Ashgate on behalf of the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies.

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About the Author

Dr Claire Nesbitt is Post Doctoral Research Associate in the Department of Archaeology Durham University, UK; Dr Mark Jackson is Lecturer in Archaeology in the School of Historical Studies, Newcastle University, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367601281
• ISBN 13: 9780367601287
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Nesbitt Claire