Study Materials – by Paul Brians

Lecture 33: Byzantium

Note: This study guide is presented here as a historical document only. Paul Brians is retired and his courses are no longer offered by WSU.

(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

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