Ayasofya __ "Ayasofya" is another spelling for Hagia Sophia. "Probably Istanbul's most famous landmark, the Hagia Sophia (also spelled Ayasofya) was built by the emperor Justinian I in the year 537 AD. Built in only six years, the structure was designed by the architects Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus. On May 7, 558, the dome of the church collapsed due to a December 557 earthquake, and though a new dome was quickly rebuilt, historical records tell us that it was not identical to the original." You will find a good article and images. Learn how a computer model of the ancient church is being created. - illustrated - From Byzantine Architecture Project - http://www.princeton.edu/~asce/const_95/ayasofya.html

BMCR 96.8.12, Shaw on Grubbs __ Deals with comparisons of Byzantine families and modern. You will be able to study Byzantine domestic law and see how much of it is still in use. It is Byzantine cultural information with a Christian slant.- From - Grubbs, Judith Evans, Law and Family in Late Antiquity: The Emperor Constantine's Marriage Legislation. - http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/grubbs-shaw.html#6.

Byzantine Art and Architecture: Byzantine Architecture __ This is the page about Byzantine architecture from a website covering a wide range of information about the ancient Byzantine civilization. - From Fact Monster - http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/ent/A0857092.html

Byzantine Garden Culture __ While parts of this extensive website deal with contemporary Byzantine style gardens, the bulk of the material deals with ancient gardens and their uses. "Only in the last decade has much serious attention been paid to the Byzantine garden, so indirect is the mass of information, both in literature and the visual arts, that is available for scholars. Byzantine Garden Culture, which comprises the revised versions of papers delivered at a colloquium of the same title held at Dumbarton Oaks in November 1996,..." - From Dumbarton Oaks - http://www.doaks.org/LIBG.html

Byzantine Recipes __ How to dine like the Byzantine middle and upper classes. And the answer is yes, "Garum," that questionable fish sauce of ancient Rome was still in use. Enjoy. - From godecookery.com - http://www.godecookery.com/byznrec/byznrec.htm

Byzantine Reference Documents __ You will find date lists for Byzantine emperors, patriarchs of all five great sees and a guide to the Byzantine historiographical tradition. You will also find Byzantine Sources in Translation - "Preliminary Version - a listing of Byzantine sources translated into Western European languages." - illustrated and lots of links - From Paul Halsall - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/byzantium/

 
Byzantine Studies __ These are the Byzantine web pages from Dumbarton Oaks which is the leading center for Byzantine studies in the US. - illustrated - From Dumbarton Oaks - http://www.doaks.org/Byzantine.html

Byzantium - Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies Online __ Here is a large and valuable resource for most all aspects of Byzantine studies. You will find courses, grants information, news, fieldwork reports, and more. Well worth a visit. - illustrated - From Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies Online - http://www.byzantium.ac.uk/

Byzantium: The Farmer's Law, 7-8th Centuries __ One of the windows onto the life of Byzantine peasants comes from Byzantine law covering farmers. Here are some examples - From Medievel Source Book - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/farmerslaw.html

ByzNet Byzantine Studies on the Net __ "This site is dedicated to the study of the Byzantine Empire, or later Roman Empire, Eastern Roman Empire or the Greek Empire. What you call this ancient political entity really isn't the point. The point is that the history and culture are rich and vibrant and deserve further study and attention." - photos and other illustrations - From Thoughtline.com - http://www.thoughtline.com/byznet/index.html
 
David Kennedy and Derrick Riley. Rome's Desert Frontier __ While not entirely Byzantine, this paper details much of the social order of the east which influenced byzantine civilization. This is a good background for further Byzantine studies. - From Fordham University - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/ken.html

The Electronic Passport to the Byzantine Empire __ A one page introduction to the Byzantine Empire which includes a couple of good links to related Byzantine material as well as links to other aspects of the ancient world. - illustrated - From Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport - http://www.mrdowling.com/703-byzantine.html

The Forgotten Empire __ This is a good overview of Byzantine history. When the Western Roman Empire fell, Byzantium lasted another thousand years. - From Melissa Snell at About.com - http://historymedren.about.com/library/weekly/aa100697.htm

The Glory of Byzantium - Metropolitan Museum of Art __ "The Metropolitan Museum of Art's on-line exploration of Byzantium was created in conjunction with the international loan exhibition The Glory of Byzantium (March 11 - July 6, 1997), which celebrated the art of the second golden age of Byzantine art (843­1261). This on-line exploration moves beyond the time frame of the exhibition and includes examples of art from the first golden age of Byzantine art (324­730) and the late period, which ended with the Turkish conquest in 1453." - well illustrated - From Metropolitan Museum of Art - http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Byzantium/byzhome.html 

Irfan Shahid. Byzantium and the Arabs in the Fifth Century __ "Of the three constituents of Byzantinism -- the Roman, the Greek, and the Christian --it was the last that affected, influenced, and sometimes even controlled the lives of those Arabs who moved in the Byzantine orbit. Some- thing has been said on this influence in the fourth century, and these conclusions may be refined and enlarged with new data for the fifth." You will find out much more in this interesting and detailed paper. - From Dumbarton Oaks Research Library - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/shahid.html
 
Mango. Byzantium: The Empire of New Rome__ "All empires have ruled over a diversity of peoples and in this respect the Byzantine Empire was no exception. Had its constituent population been reasonably well fused, had it been united in accepting the Empire's dominant civilization, it would hardly have been necessary to devote a chapter to this topic." You will find it is an interesting chapter in which the author attempts to answer the question; "Who are the Byzantines?" - From Internet Medieval Sourcebook - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/mango.html

Procopius of Caesarea: The Secret History __ "Procopius of Caesarea (in Palestine) [born c.490/507- died c.560s] is the most important source for information about the reign of the emperor Justinian [born 482/3, ruled. 527-565] and his wife Theodora [d. 547/8]. From 527 to 531 Procopius was a counsel the great general of the time, Belisarius [505-565]. He was on Belisarius's first Persian campaign [527-531], and later took part in an expedition against the Vandals [533-534]. He was in Italy on the Gothic campaign until 540, after which he lived in Constantinople, since he describes the great plague of 542 in the capital. His life after that is largely unknown, although he was given the title illustris in 560 and in may have been prefect of Constantinople in 562-3." - From Medieval Sourcebook - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/procop-anec.html

The Roman-Byzantine Period __ Learn how the Byzantines reshaped Jerusalem from its classical Roman configuration and how Byzantine philosophy Changed things there forever. You will find everything from dress style to plumbing. - From The New Jerusalem Mosaic - http://jeru.huji.ac.il/ed1.htm

Selective Byzantine Timeline __ Its just what the title says it is, a timeline of Byzantine civilization. - text links to additional material - From About.com - http://historymedren.about.com/library/blbyztime.htm 


 

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