Justinian, Orthodoxy, and the Byzantine Empire

Thursday, February 3, 2022


Justinian and his court San Vitale, Ravenna

Read before class:

  • The Council of Chalcedon (WCH 165-71, 175-76)
  • Third Council of Constantinople, Exposition (CP 13-14)
  • Justinian, Corpus Iuris Civilis (CP 15-16)
  • Justinian, Novella VI (CP 17)
  • Justinian, Novella 146 On the Jews (CP 18-19)
  • Agapetus, “Advice to the Emperor Justinian” (CP 20)