090049 VO Middle and Late Byzantine History (2019W)

The exam will be hold in written digital form. Choose one of the three questions and write an essay (in English or in German). This is due on 31.7.2020 (submission by e-mail to c.rapp@univie.ac.at).
Length: 1500-3000 words (equivalent to 5-10 pages)
Parameters: footnote references for scholarly works and source texts; list of works cited at the end of the essay (this does not count towards the word limit), divided into primary sources and secondary literature.
Citation system: use the guidelines of the international journal Medieval Worlds (http://www.medievalworlds.net/medieval_worlds?frames=yes, Publication Guidelines, section 2).
For any text that you quote verbatim (word by word), you must give the correct reference.
To answer these questions, you should refer to the content of the lectures, as well as the materials that are available online (see below). These should serve as your guide to seek out further scholarly literature and source texts, as far as those are accessible to you (online or through access to the libraries). If possible, use quotations from original sources (in the languages that are accessible to you). If you use information from the internet, this has to be noted with a proper reference. Example: Hagia Sophia (accessed 5 June 2020: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia).
You are expected to research and write this essay yourself, observing the honor code of academic writing. All essays may be submitted to a test for plagiarism.

Select Bibliography, accessible online after registering through the University Library:

Peter Schreiner, Byzanz 565-1453 (Munich, 2008)
https://usearch.univie.ac.at/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=UWI_alma51362182280003332&context=L&vid=UWI&lang=de_DE&search_scope=UWI_UBBestand&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,schreiner,%20peter&offset=0

Warren Treadgold, A History of the Byzantine State and Society (Stanford, 1997)
https://usearch.univie.ac.at/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=UWI_alma51366935270003332&context=L&vid=UWI&lang=de_DE&search_scope=UWI_UBBestand&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&isFrbr=true&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,treadgold,%20warren&offset=0

The Social History of Byzantium, ed. John Haldon (Chicester, 2009)
https://usearch.univie.ac.at/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=UWI_alma51346613290003332&context=L&vid=UWI&lang=de_DE&search_scope=UWI_UBBestand&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&isFrbr=true&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,Haldon,%20john&sortby=date&facet=frbrgroupid,include,565387377&offset=0

Byzantine Monastic Rules (Typika) (English translation and commentary)
https://www.doaks.org/resources/publications/books/byzantine-monastic-foundation-documents-a-complete

Further online resources:
Podcast on Byzantine history (English): https://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/

Podcast on topics of Byzantine research (English, Prof. Anthony Kaldellis): https://byzantiumandfriends.podbean.com/