Code 16935
Level of study First Year
Credit value 10
Semester Every year 1
Pre-requisite modules None
Other pre-requisites None
You will study the history of the East Mediterranean from ca 300 to ca 850, tracing the transformation of the Roman world after the advent of Christianity through the emergence of the (Christian) Byzantine Empire, the rise of Islam, and Byzantine iconoclasm. We focus on the lands, peoples, cultures (including material and visual cultures), beliefs and socio-political history of the Late Antique, Byzantine and, to a lesser extent, Islamic worlds. Critical reading of the secondary literature is encouraged in class discussion.