Assoc. Prof. Luca Zavagno of the Department of History and Archaeology has published his fourth monograph, \u201cThe Insular Worlds of Byzantium, ca. 550\u2013ca. 900.\u201d The book offers a comparative study of major islands and archipelagoes in the Byzantine Mediterranean\u2014such as Cyprus, Crete, Sicily, Sardinia, Malta and the Balearics\u2014during a time of political fragmentation and shifting cultural boundaries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moving beyond traditional literary and documentary sources, the work draws on new archaeological evidence to present a nuanced understanding of insular societies as dynamic centers of connectivity. It also challenges assumptions of decline, emphasizing the resilience and transformation of urban, rural and religious life in these regions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Published by ARC Humanities Press, the book contributes to ongoing debates about cross-cultural exchange, regional autonomy and the lived experiences of island communities in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Assoc. Prof. Luca Zavagno of the Department of History and Archaeology has published his fourth monograph, \u201cThe Insular Worlds of Byzantium, ca. 550\u2013ca. 900.\u201d The book offers a comparative study of major islands and archipelagoes in the Byzantine Mediterranean\u2014such as Cyprus, Crete, Sicily, Sardinia, Malta and the Balearics\u2014during a time of political fragmentation and shifting cultural[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[197,12,193],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9302"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9342,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9302\/revisions\/9342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}