The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople

Sarah Bassett (Indiana University)

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Cambridge University Press
17 March 2022

History; European history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Medieval history

Series: Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World

From its foundation in the fourth century, to its fall to the Ottoman Turks in the fifteenth, 'Constantinople' not only identified a geographical location, but also summoned an idea. On the one hand, there was the fact of Constantinople, the city of brick and mortar that rose to preeminence as the capital of the Roman Empire on a hilly peninsula jutting into the waters at the confluence of the Sea of Marmora, the Golden Horn, and the Bosporos. On the other hand, there was the city of the imagination, the Constantinople that conjured a vision of wealth and splendor unrivalled by any of the great medieval cities, east or west. This Companion explores Constantinople from Late Antiquity until the early modern period. Examining its urban infrastructure and the administrative, social, religious, and cultural institutions that gave the city life, it also considers visitors' encounters with both its urban reality and its place in imagination.

Edited by: Sarah Bassett (Indiana University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 151mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 710g
ISBN: 9781108705578
ISBN 10: 110870557X
Series: Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
Pages: 434
Publication Date: 17 March 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Sarah Bassett; Part I. The Place and Its People: 1. Before Constantinople Thomas Russell; 2. Urban Development and Decline, Fourth-Fifteenth Centuries Albrecht Berger; 3. The People of Constantinople Anthony Kaldellis; Part II. Practical Matters: 4. Waters for a Capital: Hydraulic Infrastructure and Use in Byzantine Constantinople James Crow; 5. The Supply of Food to Constantinople Raymond Van Dam; 6. Constantinople: Building and Maintenance Enrico Zanini; 7. The Defense of Constantinople Eric McGeer; Part III. Urban Experiences: 8. Imperial Constantinople Paul Magdalino; 9. Residential Constantinople Albrecht Berger and Philipp Niewöhner; 10. Commercial Constantinople Koray Durak; 11. Sacred Dimensions: Church Building and Ecclesiastical Practice Vasileios Marinis; 12. Sacred Dimensions: Constantinopolitan Monasticism Dirk Krassmüller; 13. Sacred Dimensions: Death and Burial Mark Johnson; Part IV. Institutions and Activities: 14. The Administration of Constantinople Andreas Gkoutzoukostas; 15. Philanthropic Institutions Timothy S. Miller; 16. Schools and Learning Niels Gaul; 17. Entertainment Marcus Rautman; Part V. Encountering Constantinople: 18. Medieval Travellers to Constantinople: Wonders and Wonder Nike Koutrakou; 19. Pilgrimage to Constantinople Annemarie Weyl Carr; 20. Encountering and Inventing Constantinople in Early Modern Europe Sean Roberts; 21. Byzantium in Early Modern Istanbul Çiğdem Kafescioğlu.

Sarah Bassett is Associate Professor in the Art History Department at Indiana University and author of The Urban Image of Late Antique Constantinople (Cambridge, 2004). Her research interests include late antique urbanism, collecting and display in the late antique world, and the historiography of late antique and Byzantine art.

Reviews for The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople

‘… an immensely valuable volume that should be part of any library devoted to the study of Constantinople or Byzantine History. It should quickly prove to be a standard reference for instructors, students, and researchers.’ Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos, Plekos