Drawing variously on archaeological, architectural, geographic, and textual evidence, these essays provide a timely survey of a pivotal phase of medieval history.
James Howard-Johnston is an Emeritus Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was previously a Junior Research Lecturer at Christ Church, Oxford between 1966 and 1971, Junior Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C. from 1968-9, and University Lecturer in Byzantine Studies at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Corpus Christi College from 1971 until 2009. He has also served as both an Oxford City Councillor and an Oxfordshire County Councillor and is married
to the novelist Angela Huth.