Peace and War in Byzantium
Essays in Honor of George T. Dennis, S.J.

Edited by Timothy S. Miller and John Nesbitt

This work, published by The Catholic University of America Press, consists of fourteen essays discussing a range of topics dealing with warfare and peace in the Byzantine Empire.  The papers are in honor of the career of George T. Dennis, a major historian in the field of Byzantine studies.  Three articles from this collection are republished here:

Hanak, Walter,  The Infamous Svjatoslav: Master of Duplicity in War and Peace?

McGrath, Stamatina, The Battles of Dorostolon (971): Rhetoric and Reality (PDF file)

Fine, John V.A., A Tale of Three Fortresses: Controversies Surrounding the Turkish Conquest of Smerderevo, of an Unnamed Fortress at the Junction of the Sava and Bosna, and of Bobovac (PDF file)

Other articles in this volume include:

Taft, Robert F., War and Peace in the Byzantine Divine Liturgy

Viscuso, Patrick, Christian Participation in Warfare: A Byzantine View

Halton, Thomas, Ecclesiastical War and Peace in the Letters of Isidore of Pelusium

Munitiz, Joseph A., War and Peace Reflected in Some Byzantine Mirrors of Princes

Oikonomides, Nicholas, The Concept of 'Holy War' and Two Tenth-century Byzantine Ivories

Wortley, John, Military Elements in Psychophetic Tales and Sayings

MacCoull, Leslie S.B., "When Justinian was Upsetting the World": A Note on Soldiers and Religious Coercion in Sixth-century Egypt

Hanawalt, Emily Abu, Scandinavians in Byzantium and Normandy

McGeer, The Legal Decree of Nikephoros II Phokas concerning Armenian Stratiotai

Barker, John W., The Question of Ethnic Antagonisms among Balkan States of the Fourteenth Century

Johnson, David W., Dating the Kebra Nagast: Another Look

Philippides, Marios, Urbs Capta: Early "Sources" on the Fall of Constantinople (1453)

Kazhdan, Alexander, Terminology of War in Niketas Choniates' Historia

For more information about, or to purchase, Peace and War in Byzantium: Essays in Honor of George T. Dennis, S.J., please go to the Catholic University of America Press Website

We thank the Catholic University of America Press for their permission to republish these articles.