This volume highlights the trade in slaves during the ninth and tenth centuries as driving exchanges on a trans-continental scale. A combination of general surveys and regional case-studies sets Gotland and the early medieval slave trade in a firmer...Lasīt vairāk
Although often mentioned in textbooks about the Carolingian and Byzantine empires, the Treaty of Aachen has not received much close attention. This volume attempts not just to fill the gap, but to view the episode through both micro- and macro-lense...Lasīt vairāk
According to Byzantiums leaders, their imperial order anchored in Constantinople was the centre of excellence - spiritual, moral, material and aesthetic. This title includes studies that consider the dynamics of such interactions, notably the inter...Lasīt vairāk
Intends to clarify some of the context for the expansion of Western Europe by focusing on what had been the greatest power in early medieval Europe, the Byzantine empire, and on the strengths and expansion of the Orthodox world....Lasīt vairāk
This volume, the first of its kind by western scholars, describes the development amongst the diverse inhabitants of the immense landmass between Carpathians and Urals of a political, economic and social nexus out of which would emerge the future Ru...Lasīt vairāk
