Ποιμὴν καὶ διδάσκαλος

This collection of studies brings together fifteen essays dedicated to Dr Jonathan Shepard (Cambridge) by his colleagues and followers, mostly focusing on the “barbarian” northern fringes of the Byzantine world. These contributions examine real and false barbarians in the Byzantine service, Byzantium’s northern policy, as well as its political and cultural influence in England, Scandinavia and Rus’.

Contributions by Lesley ABRAMS, Fedir ANDROSHCHUK, Jean-Claude CHEYNET, Evgenyi EIDEL, Simon FRANKLIN, Oleksandr FYLYPCHUK, Ildar GARIPZANOV, Sergey IVANOV, Tatjana N. JACKSON, Sverrir JAKOBSSON, Marek JANKOWIAK, Marina A. KURYSHEVA, Elena MELNIKOVA, Vivien PRIGENT, Oleksiy TOLOCHKO, Stepan STEPANENKO, Constantin ZUCKERMAN