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HIST505 Byzantine History AD 330-1056

Updated: 28 November 2008
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Online level Level C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam None
Pre-requisites candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions ANCH241 or ANCH341 or HIST205 or HIST305 or HIST405
Notes None
Combined Units HIST305 - Byzantine History AD 330-1056
Coordinator(s) Lynda Garland (headshum@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

A study of Byzantine political, social and military history from the foundation of Constantinople to the reigns of Basil II and the empresses Zoe and Theodora. Particular emphasis will be placed on the nature of imperial government, the importance of heresies and religious developments within the empire and relationships with Byzantium's neighbours.

Prescribed Material
Manditory
Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

A History of Byzantium (Blackwell History in the Ancient World)
ISBN: 9780631235132
Gregory, T.E., Wiley-Blackwell 2005
Text refers to: Semester 1 , Off Campus
A History of the Later Roman Empire, AD284-641
ISBN: 9781405108560
Mitchell, S., Blackwell 2006
Text refers to: Semester 1 , Off Campus
The Secret History
ISBN: 9780140455281
Procopius, Penguin
Text refers to: Semester 1 , Off Campus
Fourteen Byzantine Rulers
ISBN: 9780140441697
Psellus, Penguin
Text refers to: Semester 1 , Off Campus
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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