Week 1 (January 10-14)

 Introduction. Byzantium, Byzantine studies, sources, and chronology

  • Tuesday: A question of terminology? Rome, Byzantium and Byzantine studies [Whittow 96-98; Treadgold 3-10, 847-853, and 894-897]; you may also visit the site of the Center for Byzantine History and Civilisation and Byzantium, the Byzantine Studies web site.
  • Thursday: Sources for Byzantine history [Whittow 1-14].