Byzantine Constantinople: Monuments, Topography and Everyday Life: Papers from the International Workshop held at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 7-10 April 1999 (The Medieval Mediterranean, 33) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004116257 ISBN 13: 9789004116252

Publisher: Brill, 2001

Synopsis

This volume deals with the history, topography and monuments of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire and one of the greatest urban centers ever known, throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. It contains 21 papers that emanate from an international workshop which was held at Istanbul in 1999.
Divided into eight sections, the collection addresses a variety of interconnected topics, ranging from topography to ritual and ideology, archaeology, religious and secular architecture, patronage, commercial life, social organization, women's roles, communities, urban development and planning.
Partly drawing on new archaeological and textual evidence, partly directing new questions to or reinterpreting previously available sources, the papers presented here fill important gaps in our knowledge of Constantinople and enhance our conception of the city as both a physical and social entity.

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About the Author

Nevra Necipoğlu, Ph.D. (1990) in History, Harvard University, is Associate Professor of History at Boğaziçi University. She has published numerous articles on the late Byzantine society, economy and politics, and is writing a book on Byzantine-Ottoman-Italian relations during the 14th and 15th centuries.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004116257
• ISBN 13: 9789004116252
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Necipoglu Nevra