Week 6 (February 14-18)

 

Survival and change, 610-780 [see the on-line maps of Byzantium ca. 650 and ca. 750]

• Tuesday: Th many faces of the seventh century [Treadgold 287-345; Whittow 69-95; Geanakoplos 64-67 (nos. 41-43), 133-134 (no. 98A),  335-339  (nos. 249-250)]; see also R. Scott Moore, Heraclius, Constans II, Constantine IV , and Justinian II , as well as Judith Herrin, Byzantium Confronted by Islam; you may also wish to take a look at the "Greek fire"
• Thursday: Contraction, disruption, and change: towards a medieval society [Treadgold 371-413; Whittow 96-133; Geanakoplos 231-234 (no. 166 - The Farmer's Law), 260 (no. 184), 273-275 (nos. 196-197), and 296-297 (no. 213)]