Novum Millennium Studies on Byzantine History and Culture Presented to Paul Speck 19 December 1999

A collection of articles on Byzantine history and culture written by friends and students of Paul Speck. It explores different methods and approaches in this field of study and it contains studies on art, historiography, linguistics, literature, theology, topography, and sigillography.



This volume reflects the different methods and new approaches to the study of Byzantine history that have characterized the work of Paul Speck, to whom it is dedicated, and above all, his insistence on a close reading and careful interpretation of the sources. These aims are encapsulated in the introduction by John Haldon, which gives a sense of where future studies should lead new generations of scholars. The following studies, by many of the leading authorities in their fields, look at a whole range of aspects of the history of Byzantium - its culture, theology, linguistics, literature, historiography, sigillography and art - and at the place of the Byzantine empire within the late antique and medieval worlds.