Novum Millennium: Studies on Byzantine History and Culture Dedicated to Paul Speck [Hardcover]

This volume reflects the different methods and new approaches to the study of Byzantine history that have characterized the work of Paul Speck, to whom it is dedicated, and above all, his insistence on a close reading and careful interpretation of the sources. These aims are encapsulated in the introduction by John Haldon, which gives a sense of where future studies should lead new generations of scholars. The following studies, by many of the leading authorities in their fields, look at a whole range of aspects of the history of Byzantium - its culture, theology, linguistics, literature, historiography, sigillography and art - and at the place of the Byzantine empire within the late antique and medieval worlds.Contents: Bibliography; Preface; General introduction, John Haldon; Alexander der Gro?xe am Bosporus, Albrecht Berger; Philippos ho stratelates tou basilikou Opsikiou: Anmerkungen zur Fr??hgeschichte des Thema Opsikion, Wolfram Brandes; Melania, William Brashear; Oracles and earthquakes, Alan Cameron; Les ducs d'Antioche sous Michel IV et Constantin IX, Jean-Claude Cheynet; Der Kaiser, sein Bild und dessen Interpret, Carolina Cupane; Perils of the deep, George T. Dennis; Bitter brine and sweet fresh water, John Duffy; Das Theodosius-Missorium von 388, Arne Effenberger; La pomme de Th?odose II et sa R?plique Arm?nienne, Michel van Esbroeck; Theodora and Evita, Clive Foss; Three authors in search of a reader, Joseph D. Frendo; Philippikos and the Greens, Judith Herrin; Es war die Nachtigall, Wolfram H??randner; The Venetian quarter of Constantinople from 1082 to 1261, David Jacoby; Icon veneration, Patricia Karlin-Hayter; Parerga zur Ikonographie des Josua-Rotulus und der Illuminierten Byzantinischen Oktateuche, Otto Kresten; Falsata Graecorum more ?, Erich Lamberz; John III Ducas Vatatzes and the Venetians, John S. Langdon; Bonifatios von Tarsos - ein Verwandter der bekehrten Mimen, Claudia Ludwig; Du consul ?? l'empereur, C?cile Morrisson, CNRS; Le monast?rl³i