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Byzantists

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People that have written about the Byzantine Empire to have an expertise or considered an authority in the field
Historian Important demographic facts Noted expertise and publications Documented views by others Other comments, includes undocumented expertise or critiques as observed by User:Biz
Kaldellis, Anthony Greek and American
  • Middle period
  • Narrative on the entire era (Book, The New Roman Empire)
  • Early period army (with Marion Kuse, 2023 Book The Field Armies of the East Roman Empire, 361–630)
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
  • Middle period
  • Army
  • Narrative on the entire era
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

Howard-Johnston, James British
  • Middle period
Kazhdan, Alexander (1922–1997) Soviet-American
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium where he wrote 20% of it and edited the volume
  • Agragian, aristocracy, cities, economy, culture, literature https://www.jstor.org/stable/1291758
  • 11th and 12th centuries
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.
  • Byzantine Art
  • Diplomacy in the late era (with Byzantine Art and Diplomacy in an Age of Decline)
Hendy, Michael 1942–2008, British
  • economy
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

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

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Theme Books Comments
Economy Studies in the Byzantine Monetary Economy c.300-1450

The Economic History of Byzantium from the Seventh through the Fifteenth Century.