The textbooks say the Byzantine Empire was a theocratic autocracy uniting church and state under an all-powerful emperor believed by the Byzantines to be God’s viceroy and vicar. Nonsense ...

This book evaluates the life and empire of the pivotal yet controversial Byzantine emperor Heraclius (ad. 610-641), a contemporary of the Prophet Muhammad. His stormy war-torn reign is critical for ...

This lively and personal book explains some key aspects of how people of the Medieval Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire ... ideas about how gender was defined and performed, 'Byzantine Gender' enables ...