Contents: The Byzantine State: The Byzantine state in the 9th century: an introduction, John Haldon; Reanimation of Roman law in the 9th century: remarks on reasons and results, Marie Theres Fögen; The Paulicians and 9th-century Byzantine thought, Claudia Ludwig; The rehabilitation of the Emperor Theophilos, Athanasios Markopoulos; The imperial thought-world of Leo VI: the non-campaigning emperor of the 9th century, Shaun Tougher; Byzantine Culture: Byzantine culture in the 9th century: an introduction, Leslie Brubaker; Byzantium: cultural suicide? Paul Speck; Manifestations de la propagande en faveur de l’orthodoxie, Marie-France Auzépy; Canon and calendar: the role of a 9th-century hymnographer in shaping the celebration of saints, Nancy Patterson Sevcenko; Reconstructing 9th-century Constantinople, Robert Ousterhout; The road from Baghdad to Byzantium and the case of the Bryas Palace in Istanbul, Alessandra Ricci; Away from the centre: ’provincial’ art in the 9th century, Robin Cormack; Byzantium and the Outside World: Byzantine relations with the outside world in the 9th century: an introduction, Jonathan Shepard; What has Constantinople to do with Jerusalem? Palestine in the 9th century: Byzantine orthodoxy in the world of Islam, Sidney Griffith; The road to Baghdad in the thought-world of 9th-century Byzantium, Paul Magdalino; Byzantium and al-Andalus in the 9th century, Eduardo Manzano Moreno; Byzance et Italie méridionale, Guislaine Noyé; 9th-century Byzantium through western eyes, Chris Wickham; Index.

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