Includes bibliographical references (p. 535-581) and index.
Contents:
Roman questions, Byzantine answers: contours of the age of Justinian / Michael Maas -- Economy and administration: how did the empire work? / John F. Haldon -- Justinian's Constantinople / Brian Croke -- The classical city in the sixth century: survival and transformation / Kenneth G. Holum -- The empire at war / A. D. Lee -- Mediterranean plague in the age of Justinian / Peregrine Horden -- Law and legal practice in the age of Justinian / Caroline Humfress -- Justinianic ideology and the power of the past / Charles Pazdernik -- The legacy of Chalcedon: Christological problems and their significance / Patrick T. R. Gray -- Society and community in the Christian east / Lucas van Rompay -- Emperors and popes in the sixth century: the western view / Claire Sotinel -- Christian piety and practice in the sixth century / Derek Krueger -- Philosophy in the age of Justinian / Christian Wildberg -- Art and architecture in the age of Justinian / Joseph D. Alchermes -- Literary culture under Justinian / Claudia Rapp -- Jews in the age of Justinian / Nicholas De Lange -- The age of Justinian: gender and society / Leslie Brubaker -- Justinian and the barbarian kingdom / Walter Pohl -- Byzantium and the east in the sixth century / Geoffrey Greatrex -- The background to Islam / Fred M. Donner.
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