A cabinet of Byzantine curiosities : strange tales and surprising facts from the world's most orthodox empire / Anthony Kaldellis.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaldellis, Anthony (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Orthodox Eastern Church > Church history.
Orthodox Eastern Church.
Diplomatic relations.
Manners and customs.
Social conditions.
Byzantine Empire > Social life and customs.
Byzantine Empire > Social conditions.
Byzantine Empire > Foreign relations.
Byzantine Empire.
Church history.
Genre:
Church history.
Physical Description:xii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Marriage and the family
  • Unorthodox sex
  • Animals
  • Food and dining
  • Eunuchs
  • Medical practice
  • Science and technology
  • War, by any means
  • A menagerie of saints
  • Heresy and scandal
  • A gallery of rogues
  • Inventive insults
  • Punishments
  • Foreign lands and people, 330-641 AD
  • Foreigners and stereotypes, 641-1453 AD
  • Latins, Franks, and Germans
  • Disasters, mostly acts of God
  • The emperors.