(Duiker 201-208)
Questions about Duiker: *What was Justinian’s most important contribution to civilization? *What was the language of the later Byzantine Empire? *What was the relationship between church and state in Byzantium? *What is the importance of the windows in Hagia Sophia? *What sorts of entertainment were presented in the Hippodrome? What wonders did Liudprand of Cremona encounter at the court in Constantinople?
Lecture topics:
Dominance of Christianity
Constantine establishes the church
Byzantium
Splitting the Roman Empire
Persistence of pagan ways
Themes and techniques in Byzantine
art & architecture
The spread of Greek orthodoxy
Supplementary materials:s
- Tour of Turkey (photos by Paul Brians, including Byzantine architecture)
- The Glory of Byzantium
- Orthodox Christianity
- Byzantium links