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Byzantists
[edit]Historian | Important demographic facts | Noted expertise and publications | Documented views by others | Other comments, includes undocumented expertise or critiques as observed by User:Biz |
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Kaldellis, Anthony | Greek and American |
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Art historian Cecily J. Hilsdale: His revisionist history has a tone but proposing the empire was the monarchy of the post-republic versus a theocracy is a foundational change https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7834/phoenix.69.3-4.0439
Walter Kaegi has given high praise for his revisionism https://www.jstor.org/stable/43956069 |
Challenges Western bias in history so his work is revisionist but makes it abundantly clear where so not dangerous
Has translated Greek sources so has contributed new perspectives from this work |
Treadgold, Warren | b. 1949), American |
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Kaegi calls his work dangerous https://www.jstor.org/stable/1357541
John Haldon: he ignored modern scholarship consistently and scholars will not find it of much use https://www.jstor.org/stable/40109088 Lawerence Tritle: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2651934 Michael Angold: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2697208 FJ George Dennis SJ: Claims continuity from the 7th century, iconoclasm is not a big deal both of which are contrary to convention: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3169857 |
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Howard-Johnston, James | British |
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Kazhdan, Alexander | (1922–1997) Soviet-American |
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Introduced Russian scholarship to the west and vice-versa
Wide coverage of topics compared to other historians | |
Ostrogorsky, George | (1902–1976), Yugoslav-Russian | Wrote a complete narrative | ||
Hilsdale, Cecily J. |
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Hendy, Michael | 1942–2008, British |
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Treadold regards him as the authority on the economy https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/530263
Times obituary: economy expert https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/hendy-michael-f-1942-2008 |
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Kaegi, Walter | Howard-Johnston critises him: https://www.jstor.org/stable/576813 | |||
Haldon, John | Howard-Johnston gives him positive reviews on a book: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3489639 | |||
Howard-Johnston, James |
Multi-author compendiums
[edit]Theme | Books | Comments |
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Economy | Studies in the Byzantine Monetary Economy c.300-1450
The Economic History of Byzantium from the Seventh through the Fifteenth Century. |
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