Peter's Munich colleague Oliver Primavesi tells us how Greek manuscripts are used to establish the text of authors like Aristotle. 

Without handwritten copies produced by Byzantine scribes, we would know almost nothing about ancient philosophy. How and why were they made?

Legal and economic thought in Byzantium: the sources of the law’s authority, the relation of church and civil law, just price, and just war.

The role of women in Byzantine society and the complex attitudes surrounding eunuchs: did they make up a “third gender”?

A chat about commentaries on Aristotle from Byzantium with guest Katerina Ierodiakonou.

Princess Anna Komnene makes good use of her political retirement by gathering a circle of scholars to write commentaries on Aristotle.

The larger meaning of history in the chronicles written by Michael Psellos, Michael Attaleiates, Anna Komnene, and Niketas Choniates.

Psellos and other experts in rhetoric explore how this art of persuasion relates to philosophy.

Byzantine political thought from the time of Justinian down to the Palaiologos dynasty wrestles with the nature and scope of imperial power.

The trial of John Italos and other signs of Byzantine disquiet with the pagan philosophical tradition.