Life and society in Byzantine Cappadocia
By: Michael Decker, J. Eric Cooper
Contributors: Cooper, J. Eric (James Eric), 1970-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230361065
Subjects: Social life and customs; Civilization; HISTORY / Ancient / General; Excavations (Archaeology); HISTORY / Europe / Eastern; Byzantine Antiquities
Description: "This is the first in-depth historical study of Byzantine Cappadocia. The authors draw on extensive textual and archaeological materials to examine the nature and place of Cappadocia in the Byzantine Empire from the fourth through eleventh centuries"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: IntroductionPART I"A Vast and Admirable Land"The Increase of the Earth Land of Beautiful Horses PART IIIf One, Why So Many? City of God PART IIIElite Society The Warlords Conclusion Endnotes Primary Sources Bibliography Index.