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In this book, Georgios Kardaras offers a global view of the contacts between the Byzantine Empire and the Avar Khaganate, emphasizing the reconstruction of these contacts after 626 (when, in contrast to archaeological evidence, written sources are very few) and the definition of the possible channels of communication between the two powers. The author scrutinizes the political and diplomatic framework, and critically examines issues such as mutual influence on material culture and on warfare, reaching the conclusion that significant contact between Byzantium and the Avars can be proved up until 775.
Price: $221.00
Pages: 252
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450
Publication Date:
25 October 2018
ISBN: 9789004248380
Format: Hardcover
"The book is well-presented and comprehensible, and Kardaras’ choice to break the book into an interpretive narrative followed by more loosely connected essays around the general theme of Byzantium and the Avars is effective. Kardaras makes good use of a wide range of scholarship, especially that of Hungarian and Slovak scholars who wrote in German or French […] This book is a major contribution that brings together a range of source material into a coherent narrative centered on Byzantine-Avar relations. Kardaras goes a long way towards pulling back the curtain on these mysterious steppe nomads and their interactions with the Roman Empire". Lucas McMahon in De Re Militari, October 2019.
"Die Arbeit ist für die derzeit laufende Forschung zum frühmittelalterlichen Balkanraum hochrelevant; sie ist dazu geeignet, als Vorbild für künftige Studien zu dienen." Max Ritter in Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas 70(1-2), December 2022.
"Die Arbeit ist für die derzeit laufende Forschung zum frühmittelalterlichen Balkanraum hochrelevant; sie ist dazu geeignet, als Vorbild für künftige Studien zu dienen." Max Ritter in Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas 70(1-2), December 2022.
Georgios Kardaras, Ph.D. (1973), is a researcher at the IHR/NHRF in Athens. His scholarship focuses on the relations of the early Byzantine state with the Slavs and the Eurasian nomads. His two monographs deal with the Byzantine-Avar relations (2010) and the Antes (2016) respectively.