Byzantium in the seventh century: the transformation of a culture

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List of plates List of maps Preface and acknowledgements Preface to the revised edition List of abbreviations The sources Introduction 1. The background: state and society before Heraclius 2. The East Roman world c. 610-717: the politics of survival 3. Some relations and the economy: the cities and the land 4. Social relations and the economy: rural society 5. The state and its apparatus: fiscal administration 6. The state and its apparatus: military administration 7. Society, state and law 8. The imperial church and the politics of authority 9. Religion and belief 10. Forms of social and cultural organisation: infrastructures and hierarchies 11. Forms of representation: language, literature and the icon Conclusions: the transformation of a culture Addendum: further observations on the question of the late ancient city Bibliography Index.