Byzantine Constantinople: Monuments, Topography and Everyday Life: Papers from the International Workshop held at Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, 7-10 April 1999Brill Academic Publishers
edited by Nevra Necipoglu
ISBN: 9004116257
price: $122.00
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.
Readership: All those interested in the Byzantine Empire, urban
history, social history, medieval architecture, archaeology, the
history of Late Antiquity, and the Mediterranean world, as well
as western medievalists and Ottomanists.
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