JFT Ep3, The Medieval Roman Empire

Professor David Parnell joins to help me understand the medieval Eastern Roman/Byzantine Empire. Being a non-expert, I have ran up against a lot of confusion in my own reading. We talk about how power works and evolved from the Empire of antiquity. How the army evolved. The relationship of Christianity and the government. And we talk about his very interesting book Belisarius and Antonina. Please let us know what you think (and if you have any questions we missed) in the comments!

You can pick up a copy of his book here https://www.amazon.com/Belisarius-Antonina-Love-War-Justinian/dp/019757470X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-1

You can find David on X here https://x.com/byzantineprof

You can find me on X here https://x.com/MemoryMedieval

You can join my medieval history book club here https://memorymedieval.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-medieval-history-book

Just Feudal Things is a conversational podcast about medieval history with subject experts and enthusiasts. New episodes are out on the 3rd and 17th of each month. Our previous two episodes were on medieval military strategy and medieval music. The next episode will be on King John and the Magna Carta.