Material Culture and Well-Being in Byzantium (400-1453)

Proceedings of the International Conference (Cambridge, 8-10 September 2001)

edited by Michael Grunbart, Ewald Kislinger, Anna Muthesius and Dionysios Stathakopoulos

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Extent: 239 pages

Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press

Subjects: Cultural Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: Denkschriften der philosophisch-historischen Klasse

Series volume number: 356

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(October 2007)

ISBN: 9783700136026

Price: $87.00

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Studies on everyday life commonly focus on housing conditions, eating and drinking, clothing, hygiene and medical care, professions, land and sea communications, and generally, on production and consumption. Material objects are dominant in these areas; nevertheless, mental aspects can also frequently be considered the carrier and/or symbol of concepts or values. For this reason, an international symposium held in Cambridge in 2001, which counted the Viennese Institute of Byzantine Studies among its organizers, was intent upon including the concept of “well-being” in its multi-facetted aspects, in the material, legal and philosophical-religious dialogue.

  • Edited by Michael Grunbart
  • Edited by Ewald Kislinger
  • Edited by Anna Muthesius
  • Edited by Dionysios Stathakopoulos