Byzantium: Beyond the Cliché is an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Maria Mavroudi, Professor of History at UC Berkeley. Maria Mavroudi specializes in the study of the Byzantine Empire and this conversation explores her extensive research on the Byzantine Empire and how it has repeatedly been undervalued by historians despite its having been a military and cultural powerhouse for more than a millennium.
This conversation has been produced in a carefully-edited video format. Please use the contact form if you’d like to get access. We’ve also created an enhanced book developed from the conversation, while Maria Mavroudi is featured in 5 short documentaries as well – all details are below.
This enhanced book is available in electronic format on all major booksellers, including:
Byzantium: Beyond the Cliché is also part of the five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection, Conversations About History, Volume 2, which is available in hardcover, paperback and electronic format.
Maria Mavroudi is featured in 5 short documentaries together with several other renowned historians, including Quentin Skinner, Michael Gordin Margaret Jacob, David Armitage, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill and John Elliott.
