Kaldellis, Anthony.

Ethnography after Antiquity : Foreign Lands and Peoples in Byzantine Literature. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (289 pages) - Empire and After Series . - Empire and After Series .

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. Ethnography in Late Antique Historiography -- 2. Byzantine Information-Gathering behind the Veil of Silence -- 3. Explaining the Relative Decline of Ethnography in the Middle Period -- 4. The Genres and Politics of Middle Byzantine Ethnography -- 5. Ethnography in Palaiologan Literature -- Epilogue: Looking to a New World -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.

Ethnography After Antiquity explores the modes and motivations of Byzantine ethnographic writing, shedding new light on how Byzantines distinguished themselves from foreign cultures.

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Byzantine literature-Themes, motives.
Cultural awareness-Byzantine Empire.
Ethnic attitudes in literature.
Ethnic attitudes-Byzantine Empire.
Ethnology-Byzantine Empire.
Foreign countries in literature.


Electronic books.

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