A Companion to the Environmental History of Byzantium
Edited by Adam Izdebski and Johannes Preiser-Kapeller
Brill
ISBN: 978-90-04-68928-2
A collection of 17 essays that cover a wide range of topics, including climate, water management, nature, and even earthquakes in the eastern Mediterranean region during the Middle Ages.
Excerpt:
Each chapter in this volume can be read separately, but together they create a valuable overview of the main aspects of the environmental history of Byzantium in its entirety, of course with significant lacunae (regarding periods, regions, or specific phenomena). Still, they provide a firm basis for an orientation in the field, enabling readers to evaluate claims and methods in the increasing number of relevant publications and, equally, to have a starting point for their own further research.
Who is this book for?
Broadly, these essays will be of interest to environmental historians and Byzantinists. Several of these papers should find other audiences too: “The Ecology of the Crusader States,” by Abigail Sargent with those doing Crusader Studies, while “Water and the Urban Environment of Constantinople and Thessaloniki,” by James Crow is an interesting piece for those studying medieval cities.
The editors:
Adam Izdebski is a Professor of Human Ecology at the Max Planck Institute. Johannes Preiser-Kapeller is a Researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
You can learn more about this book from the publisher’s site.
You can also buy this book on Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk
A Companion to the Environmental History of Byzantium
Edited by Adam Izdebski and Johannes Preiser-Kapeller
Brill
ISBN: 978-90-04-68928-2
A collection of 17 essays that cover a wide range of topics, including climate, water management, nature, and even earthquakes in the eastern Mediterranean region during the Middle Ages.
Excerpt:
Each chapter in this volume can be read separately, but together they create a valuable overview of the main aspects of the environmental history of Byzantium in its entirety, of course with significant lacunae (regarding periods, regions, or specific phenomena). Still, they provide a firm basis for an orientation in the field, enabling readers to evaluate claims and methods in the increasing number of relevant publications and, equally, to have a starting point for their own further research.
Who is this book for?
Broadly, these essays will be of interest to environmental historians and Byzantinists. Several of these papers should find other audiences too: “The Ecology of the Crusader States,” by Abigail Sargent with those doing Crusader Studies, while “Water and the Urban Environment of Constantinople and Thessaloniki,” by James Crow is an interesting piece for those studying medieval cities.
The editors:
Adam Izdebski is a Professor of Human Ecology at the Max Planck Institute. Johannes Preiser-Kapeller is a Researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
You can learn more about this book from the publisher’s site.
You can also buy this book on Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk
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