Ambassadors, Artists, Theologians

Byzantine Relations with the Near East from the Ninth to the Thirteenth Centuries

by Johannes Pahlitzsch and Zachary Chitwoog

Book cover: Ambassadors, Artists, Theologians

Extent: 254 pages

Publisher: LEIZA – Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie

Subjects: Medieval Studies

Series: Romisch Germanisches Zentralmuseum / Byzanz zwischen Orient und Okzident

Series volume number: 12

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(April 2019)

ISBN: 9783795434366

8.27 x 11.77 inches

Price: $60.00

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The contributors to this volume examine the complex dynamics which arose between the Byzantine Empire and the Near East. Moving beyond the tradition of histoire evenementielle, the contributions collected here highlight the passing of artistic practices, ideas and interlocutors between Byzantium and the Islamicate world.


The contributors in the edited volume Ambassadors, Artists, Theologians: Byzantine Relations with the Near East from the Ninth to the Thirteenth Centuries examine the complex dynamics which arose between the Byzantine Empire and the Near East.

  • By (author) Zachary Chitwoog
  • By (author) Johannes Pahlitzsch