Byzantium
[resources are available to all Library users on-campus; some resources will be available to SOAS students & staff only if off-campus]
Resources
- AWOL (Ancient World Online)
Directory to open-access historical texts on the Ancient World: includes late antiquity, Byzantium, early Church history, Syriac and Coptic studies, history of medicine. - A-Z Open Access journals on Ancient Studies
- Byzantium: Byzantine Studies on the Internet
From Fordham University (New York) – essays, articles, extracts and commentary on the history of the Byzantine Empire. - Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World
Covers Asia Minor, the Black Sea area and Constantinople / Byzantium from ancient times and includes articles, bibliographies, a directory of related weblinks and an historical interactive atlas with audio-visual material. - Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit
A digital index to Part 1 of the print PmbZ (covering 641-867 AD) which documents the lives of individuals active in the Byzantine World. Part 2 is in development. Print editions are held at the Institute of Historical Research, Kings College (Maughan Library) and the British Library.
Other Libraries
Other Libraries in the London area with significant collections in Byzantine Studies are:
- British Library
Extensive print, manuscript and documentary resources relating to the Byzantine Empire - Heythrop College (University of London)
Specialist philosophy and theological college with collections on early Christianity, theology and liturgical studies relevant to the study of the Byzantine Empire - Institute of Archaeology (University College London)
One of the major centres for global archaeology, cultural studies and museum studies - Institute of Classical Studies (University of London)
Part of the University of London’s School of Advanced Study, the Institute focuses on the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean and neighbouring lands, ranging from prehistory to Late Antiquity - Institute of Historical Research (University of London)
All aspects of history from Late Antiquity onward are covered by the IHR’s collections, which contain valuable reference resources on the Byzantine Empire - Kings College London (Maughan Library)
Wide range of resources on all aspects of the study of the Byzantine Empire - School of Slavonic and East European Studies (University College London)
For material on territories in Eastern Europe and Russia formerly under Byzantine influence - Warburg Institute (University of London)
Part of the University of London’s School of Advanced Study, with collections focusing on cultural history, art history and the history of ideas including the influence of ancient Mediterranean ideas
