Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of plates
- List of maps
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Preface to the revised edition
- List of abbreviations
- The sources
- Introduction
- 1 The background: state and society before Heraclius
- 2 The East Roman world c. 610–717: the politics of survival
- 3 Social relations and the economy: the cities and the land
- 4 Social relations and the economy: rural society
- 5 The state and its apparatus: fiscal administration
- 6 The state and its apparatus: military administration
- 7 Society, state and law
- 8 The imperial church and the politics of authority
- 9 Religion and belief
- 10 Forms of social and cultural organisation: infrastructures and hierarchies
- 11 Forms of representation: language, literature and the icon
- Conclusion: The transformation of a culture
- Addendum: Further observations on the question of the late ancient city
- Bibliography
- Index
List of plates
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 November 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of plates
- List of maps
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Preface to the revised edition
- List of abbreviations
- The sources
- Introduction
- 1 The background: state and society before Heraclius
- 2 The East Roman world c. 610–717: the politics of survival
- 3 Social relations and the economy: the cities and the land
- 4 Social relations and the economy: rural society
- 5 The state and its apparatus: fiscal administration
- 6 The state and its apparatus: military administration
- 7 Society, state and law
- 8 The imperial church and the politics of authority
- 9 Religion and belief
- 10 Forms of social and cultural organisation: infrastructures and hierarchies
- 11 Forms of representation: language, literature and the icon
- Conclusion: The transformation of a culture
- Addendum: Further observations on the question of the late ancient city
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Byzantium in the Seventh CenturyThe Transformation of a Culture, pp. x - xiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1990