This seminar focuses on a critical period of the Byzantine history. The violent reign of Phocas, the dogmatic disputes between the Church of Constantinople and the Eastern Churches, as well as climate changes, natural disasters, and pandemic outbreaks, weakened the Byzantine Empire, while powerful opponents appeared in the East and the West. Students are expected to produce an essay and defend it in an oral presentation.
The students will:
Week #1: Introduction – sources
Week #2: Historical outline
Week #3: Constantinople in the 7th C.
Week #4: The 7th century Byzantine society
Week #5: Byzantium and Persia
Week #6: The emergence of Islam – Byzantium and Arabs
Week #7: Balkans in the 7th century
Week #8: Urban life
Week #9: Countryside life
Week #10: Presentation of the assignments
Week #11: Presentation of the assignments
Week #12: Presentation of the assignments
Week #13: Presentation of the assignments
J.-C. Cheynet (ed.), Ο βυζαντινός κόσμος – Η Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία (641-1204) τόμ. Β’, Αθήνα 2012.
Haldon, Byzantium in the Seventh Century: The Transformation of a Culture. Cambridge 1990
Kaegi, Ηράκλειος. Αυτοκράτορας του Βυζαντίου, Αθήνα 2007
Ι. Καραγιαννόπουλος, Ιστορία του βυζαντινού κράτους, Θεσσαλονίκη 1995
Open lectures.
Critical reading and analysis of source material
Written assignment.
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