Material Culture and Well-Being in Byzantium (400-1453): Proceedings of the International Conference (Cambridge, 8-10 September 2001) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783700136026)

Studies on everyday life commonly focus on housing conditions, eating and drinking, clothing, hygiene and medical care, professions, land and sea communications, and generally, on production and consumption. Material objects are dominant in these areas; nevertheless, mental aspects can also frequently be considered the carrier and/or symbol of concepts or values. For this reason, an international symposium held in Cambridge in 2001, which counted the Viennese Institute of Byzantine Studies among its organizers, was intent upon including the concept of "well-being" in its multi-facetted aspects, in the material, legal and philosophical-religious dialogue.

Author: Michael Grunbart
ISBN-10: 3700136021
ISBN-13: 9783700136026
Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Language: English
Published: 10/31/2007
Pages: 239
Format: Paperback

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2008 pg. 36