Open AccessThe Outsider's Gaze: Reflections on recent non-Byzantinist Readings of Byzantine History and on their Implications for our Field
Author(s) -
Dimitris Krallis
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
vyzantina symmeikta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1792-0450
pISSN - 1791-4884
DOI - 10.12681/byzsym.1105
Subject(s) - byzantine architecture , gaze , style (visual arts) , field (mathematics) , politics , history , character (mathematics) , font , sociology , art , classics , literature , psychology , visual arts , law , psychoanalysis , political science , mathematics , pure mathematics , geometry
The present essay reviews recent work on Byzantium, its politics, religion, and culture published outside the world of Byzantine Studies and discusses the significance of such readings for the evolving relationship of our field with audiences both lay and academic.