The discussion about the development of the Byzantine city (M. Syuzyumov – A. Kazhdan)

Abstract

The article is about the fait of the Byzantine cities during the «dark ages». Two major Russian Byzantine scientists spent years discussing on the continuity of the Byzantine city. M. Syuzyumov was a supporter of the theory of continuity, and his opponent supported the discontinuity theory.

Keywords

• m. syuzyumov
• a. kazhdan
• byzantium
• byzantine
• city
• craft
• trade
• the middle ages
• feudalism
• constantinople