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The papers in this volumes consider literacy, education and manuscript transmission in Byzantium and its neighbouring worlds, areas which to date have received surprisingly little sustained scholarly treatment among Byzantinists. Contributions include an overview, survey papers and individual case studies, many of which draw on recently discovered or rarely consulted sources: literary sources include astrological texts, saints' lives and florilegia as well as documentary texts, art and archaeological evidence. The contributors' fields reflect the interdisciplinary scope of this volume, covering history, art history, literary studies and palaeography. The volume looks in detail at Byzantium, but also includes papers on Rus, the Middle East, and the Jewish contribution. The book's eastern perspectives offer interesting comparisons and contrasts with the medieval West. The book is illustrated with plates showing illuminated manuscripts and archaeological artefacts. The contributors are Paul Botley, Simon Franklin, Catherine Holmes, Erica Hunter, John Lowden, Paul Magdalino, Margaret Mullett, Stefan Reif, Charlotte Roueche, Natalie Tchernetska, and Judith Waring

Political culture in three spheres : introduction / Catherine Holmes, Jonathan Shepard, Jo Van Steenbergen and Björn Weiler -- Reflections on political culture in three spheres / R. Stephen Humphreys -- Comparing the three spheres through the prism of the sources / Jonathan Shepard -- The Latin west : sources / Björn Weiler and Jonathan Shepard -- Byzantium : sources / Jonathan Shepard -- The Islamic world : sources / Jo Van Steenbergen and Jonathan Shepard -- The Latin west : pluralism in the shadow of the past / Len Scales -- Byzantium : one or many? / Catherine Holmes -- The Islamic world : conquest, migration and accommodating diversity / Andrew Marsham, Eric Hanne and Jo Van Steenbergen -- The Latin west : expectations and legitimisation / Björn Weiler -- Byzantium : imperial order, Constantinopolitan ceremonial and pyramids of power / Judith Herrin -- The Islamic world : community, leadership and contested patterns of continuity / Andrew Marsham, Eric Hanne and Jo Van Steenbergen -- The Latin west : multiple elites and overlapping jurisdictions / Daniel Power -- Byzantium : 'To have and to hold' -- the acquisition and maintenance of elite power / Rosemary Morris -- The Islamic world : nomads, urban elites and courts in competition / Andrew Marsham, Eric Hanne and Jo Van Steenbergen -- Comparisons, connections and conclusions / Jonathan Shepard.