The Sheen of the Silk

Book List

Byzantine Dress: Representations of Secular Dress in Eighth to Twelfth-Century Painting (The New Middle Ages) by Jennifer L. Ball

Byzantine Monuments of Istanbul by John Freely and Ahmet S. Cakmak

Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations by Donald M. Nicol

Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by Judith Herrin

The Christian East and the Rise of the Papacy: The Church 1071-1453 A.D. (Church History Vol.4) by Aristeides Papadakis and John Meyendorff

Chronicle of the Popes: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Papacy over 2000 Years by P. G. Maxwell-Stuart

Constantinople: Istanbul’s Historical Heritage by Stephane Yerasimos

Constantinople: Capital of Byzantium by Jonathan Harris

The Crusades: A Short History by Jonathan Riley-Smith

Emperor Michael Palaeologus and the West: 1258-1282: A Study in Byzantine-Latin Relations by Deno John Geanakoplos

Every Day Life in Byzantium by Tamara Talbot Rice

Flavours of Byzantium by Andrew Dalby

Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople by Jonathan Phillips

Geography, Technology, and War: Studies in the Maritime History of the Mediterranean, 649-1571 (Past and Present Publications) by John H. Pryor

God’s War: A New History of the Crusades by Christopher Tyerman

Hagia Sophia: Architecture, Structure, and Liturgy of Justinian’s Great Church by R. J. Mainstone

The Hagia Sophia by Kariye Museum

The Icon by Kurt Weitzmann

The Last Centuries of Byzantium 1261-1453 (Second Edition) by Donald M. Nicol

Liturgy of Justinian’s Great Church by R. J. Mainstone

Lives of the Popes: Illustrated Biographies of Every Pope from St. Peter to the Present by Michael J. Walsh, consultant editor

Medicine in the Crusades: Warfare, Wounds and the Medieval Surgeon by Piers D. Mitchell

Medieval and Renaissance Venice by Kittell and Madden

Naples: An Early Guide by Enrico Bacco

The Oxford History of Byzantium by Cyril Mango

Pilgrimage: The Great Adventure of the Middle Ages by John Ure

Short History of the Papacy in the Middle Ages by Walter Ullmann

The Sicilian Vespers: A History of the Mediterranean World in the Later Thirteenth Century (Canto) by Steven Runciman

Venice (Wonders of Man Series) by John Hagy Davis

Women, Men and Eunuchs: Gender in Byzantium by Liz James