Hinterland (Variorum 1995)
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N. Asgari, J. G. Crow, J. Koder, P. Magdalino, Chrysa Maltezou, J. Shepard et al., Constantinople and its Hinterland, Papers from the Twenty-seventh Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Oxford, April 1993, C. Mango, G. Dagron (eds.), series Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies, Publications 3 (Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies and Variorum, Hampshire 1995)
Byzantine Constantinople has traditionally been treated in terms of the walled city and its immediate suburbs. The perspective of the 25 papers, delivered at the 27th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies held at Oxford, has been enlarged to encompass a wider geographical setting, that of the city’s European and Asian hinterland. Within this framework you will find a variety of interconnected topics, ranging from the bare necessities of life and defense, communications, cultural and artistic manifestations as well as the role of the sacred.
Contents: Preface by Cyril Mango pp. VII-VIII. Abbreviations pp. IX-XI. C. Mango, Introduction pp. 1-6.
Section I: The land and its products pp. 7-73. Section II: Administration pp. 75-105. Section III: Defence pp. 107-177. Section IV: Communications between capital and hinterland pp. 179-218. Section V: Inhabitants, colonists, conquerors pp. 219-260. Section VI: Manufacture and export pp. 261-356. Section VII: Cultural relations pp. 357-409. Index pp. 411-426. Maps and BW photos.