Ruth Juliana Macrides | |
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Born | [1] | 1 October 1949
Died | 27 April 2019 | (aged 69)
Education | King's College, London |
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Notable works | George Akropolites: The History |
Thesis | "A translation and historical commentary of George Akropolites' History" (1978) |
Doctoral advisor | Donald Nicol |
Ruth Iouliani (Juliana) Macrides (1 October 1949 – 27 April 2019) was a UK-based historian of the Byzantine Empire. At the time of her death, she was Reader in Byzantine Studies at the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Greek Studies at the University of Birmingham.[3] She was an expert in Byzantine history, culture and politics, particularly of the mid-later Byzantine period, and on the reception of Byzantium in Britain and Greece.