The Cambridge companion to the Age of Justinian / edited by Michael Maas.

Other author Maas, Michael, 1951-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Descriptionxxvii, 626 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm
Subjects

Portion of title Companion to the Age of Justinian
Portion of title Age of Justinian
Contents Roman questions, Byzantine answers: contours of the age of Justinian / Michael Maas -- Economy and administration: how did the empire work? / John F. Haldon -- Justinian's Constantinople / Brian Croke -- The classical city in the sixth century: survival and transformation / Kenneth G. Holum -- The empire at war / A. D. Lee -- Mediterranean plague in the age of Justinian / Peregrine Horden -- Law and legal practice in the age of Justinian / Caroline Humfress -- Justinianic ideology and the power of the past / Charles Pazdernik -- The legacy of Chalcedon: Christological problems and their significance / Patrick T. R. Gray -- Society and community in the Christian east / Lucas van Rompay -- Emperors and popes in the sixth century: the western view / Claire Sotinel -- Christian piety and practice in the sixth century / Derek Krueger -- Philosophy in the age of Justinian / Christian Wildberg -- Art and architecture in the age of Justinian / Joseph D. Alchermes -- Literary culture under Justinian / Claudia Rapp -- Jews in the age of Justinian / Nicholas De Lange -- The age of Justinian: gender and society / Leslie Brubaker -- Justinian and the barbarian kingdom / Walter Pohl -- Byzantium and the east in the sixth century / Geoffrey Greatrex -- The background to Islam / Fred M. Donner.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 535-581) and index.
LCCN 2004049266
ISBN0521817463
ISBN0521520711 (pbk.)