BYZANTINE HISTORY

The course aims to provide a diachronic framework of the history of the Eastern Roman Empire, commonly known as Byzantine Empire, from the foundation of Constantinople / New Rome (4th century) until the fall of the City in the hands of the Turks, in 1453.

Frontal Lessons.

A) A sketch of Byzantine History (7 ECTS).

B) Byzantines and Byzantinism in South Italy and in Sicily (2 ECTS).

A) A sketch of Byzantine History (7 ECTS):

G. Ravegnani, Introduzione alla storia bizantina, Bologna, Il Mulino 2006, pp. 1-203.

J. Harris, Costantinopoli, Bologna, Il Mulino 2015, pp. 1-278.

Av. Cameron, I Bizantini, trad. it., Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008, pp. 1-323.

B) Byzantines and Byzantinism in South Italy and in Sicily (2 ECTS):

F. Burgarella, “Bisanzio in Sicilia e nell’Italia Meridionale: i riflessi politici”, in Il Mezzogiorno dai Bizantini a Federico II, Torino 1983 (Storia d’Italia diretta da G. Galasso, vol. III), pp. 129-248.

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All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.