J B Bury

Biographic Data

ID314694
NAMEJ B Bury
GIVEN NAMESJ B
FAMILY NAMEBury
SIGNATUREBURY J B
AFFILIATIONSLondon
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS55
TOTAL CITATIONS73
AUTHOR COUNT52
EDITOR COUNT3
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1890
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
H-INDEX5

  • A History of the Eastern Roman Empire: From the Fall of Irene to the Accession of Basil I (A.D. 802–867)

    Open AccessJ B BuryBOOKHistory of the Eastern Roman Empire2015

    The classical historian J. B. Bury (1861–1927) was the author of a history of Greece which was a standard textbook for over a century. He also wrote on the later history of the Roman empire, and, in this 1912 work, examines the Byzantine empire in the ninth century. The book is a continuation of his two-volume History of the Later Roman Empire of 1889, which covers the period from 395 to 800 (and is also reissued in this series), and reflects Bur…

  • A History of the Later Roman Empire: From Arcadius to Irene (395 A.D. to 800 A.D)

    Open AccessJ B BuryBOOKHistory of the Later Roman Empire…2015

    The classical historian J. B. Bury (1861–1927) was the author of a history of Greece which was a standard textbook for over a century. He also wrote on later periods, and, in this two-volume work of 1889, examines Byzantine history from 395 to 800. Arguing for the underlying continuity of the Roman empire from the time of Augustus until 1453, Bury nevertheless begins his account in the year in which, on the death of Theodosius I, the empire was d…

  • A History of the Later Roman Empire: From Arcadius to Irene (395 A.D. to 800 A.D)

    Open AccessJ B BuryBOOKHistory of the Later Roman Empire…2015

    The classical historian J. B. Bury (1861–1927) was the author of a history of Greece which was a standard textbook for over a century. He also wrote on later periods, and, in this two-volume work of 1889, examines Byzantine history from 395 to 800. Arguing for the underlying continuity of the Roman empire from the time of Augustus until 1453, Bury nevertheless begins his account in the year in which, on the death of Theodosius I, the empire was d…

  • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Edited in Seven Volumes with Introduction, Notes, Appendices, and Index

    Open AccessEdward Gibbon, J B BuryBOOKHistory of the Decline and Fall…2013

    The pre-eminent historian of his day, Edward Gibbon (1737–94) produced his magnum opus in six volumes between 1776 and 1788. Reissued here is the authoritative seven-volume edition prepared by J. B. Bury (1861–1927) between 1896 and 1900. Immediately and widely acclaimed, Gibbon's work remains justly famous for its magisterial account of Roman imperialism and Christianity from the first century CE through to the fall of Constantinople and beyond.…

  • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Edited in Seven Volumes with Introduction, Notes, Appendices, and Index

    Open AccessEdward Gibbon, J B BuryBOOKHistory of the Decline and Fall…2013

    The pre-eminent historian of his day, Edward Gibbon (1737–94) produced his magnum opus in six volumes between 1776 and 1788. Reissued here is the authoritative seven-volume edition prepared by J. B. Bury (1861–1927) between 1896 and 1900. Immediately and widely acclaimed, Gibbon's work remains justly famous for its magisterial account of Roman imperialism and Christianity from the first century CE through to the fall of Constantinople and beyond.…

  • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Edited in Seven Volumes with Introduction, Notes, Appendices, and Index

    Open AccessEdward Gibbon, J B BuryBOOKHistory of the Decline and Fall…2013

    The pre-eminent historian of his day, Edward Gibbon (1737–94) produced his magnum opus in six volumes between 1776 and 1788. Reissued here is the authoritative seven-volume edition prepared by J. B. Bury (1861–1927) between 1896 and 1900. Immediately and widely acclaimed, Gibbon's work remains justly famous for its magisterial account of Roman imperialism and Christianity from the first century CE through to the fall of Constantinople and beyond.…

  • Caroline Bowles Southey 1786-1854: The Making of a Woman Writer

    J B Bury, John Bury et al.ARTICLETulsa Studies in Women s Literature1999

  • A History of Greece

    Open AccessJ B Bury, Russell MeiggsBOOKA History of Greece1989Cited by: 8

    This book, originally published in 1900, was the major work of the classical historian J. B. Bury. It became a standard textbook on the topic of ancient Greek history to the death of Alexander the Great for almost a century, and in its updated form is still studied today. Bury had studied philosophy as well as classics at Trinity College, Dublin, and had travelled widely in Greece, but until the publication of this work was better known for his t…

  • Juan De Herrera and the Escorial

    Open AccessJ B BuryARTICLEArt History1986

  • Letters on Landscape

    Open AccessMary Beal, J B BuryARTICLEArt History1980

  • The beginnings of Greece and the Heroic age

    J B Bury, Russell MeiggsCHAPTERA History of Greece1975

  • History of Greece

    F M Heichelheim, J B Bury et al.ARTICLEPhoenix1954

  • A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great

    Herbert Newell Couch, J B Bury et al.ARTICLEThe Classical Weekly1953Cited by: 3

  • The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians

    Lynn Thorndike, J B BuryARTICLEThe American Historical Review1929

    In print for more than thirty years, this book has long served as a standard text on the Germanic penetration of the Roman Empire. Bury's history is indispensable to anyone who seeks to understand the connection between the barbarian migrations of the third to the ninth century and the framework of modern Europe.

  • The Cambridge Ancient History

    W S Ferguson, J B Bury et al.ARTICLEThe American Historical Review1928

  • Somerset

    Phyllis Ward, J B BuryARTICLEGeographical Journal1928

  • The Cambridge Ancient History Vol 6: Macedon

    J B Bury, A Cook et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal1928

  • The Cambridge Ancient History

    Allan Chester Johnson, J B BuryREVIEWThe American Journal of Philology1927

  • The Cambridge Ancient History

    Robert W Rogers, J B Bury et al.ARTICLEThe American Historical Review1926

  • Cambridge Ancient History

    Robert W Rogers, J B Bury et al.REVIEWThe American Historical Review1926

  • The Cambridge Ancient History

    Robert W Rogers, J B Bury et al.ARTICLEThe American Historical Review1925Cited by: 1

  • The Cambridge Ancient History

    T Eric Peet, J B Bury et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Egyptian Archaeology1925Cited by: 1

  • The Cambridge Ancient History

    Robert W Rogers, J B BuryARTICLEThe American Historical Review1924

  • The Hellenistic Age: Aspects of Hellenistic Civilization

    W S Ferguson, J B Bury et al.ARTICLEThe American Historical Review1924

    In Hellenistic Age and History of Civilization, J.B. Bury discusses important advances made in mathematics, astronomy, and geography; the pattern of the hellenization of Rome; and changing Greek ideas of barbarianism and cosmopolitanism. E. A. Barber's essay, Literature, deals with the characteristic styles of the period, Alexandrian poetry, and the new prose forms. Besides the scientific and learned writing it is known for, Professor Barber demo…

  • The Provincial List of Verona

    Open AccessJ B BuryARTICLEThe Journal of Roman Studies1923Cited by: 24

    1. The exact measure of the originality of Diocletian's statesmanship has not yet been taken. ‘Like Augustus,’ said Gibbon, ‘Diocletian may be considered the founder of a new empire’ and these words express the accepted view. In the whole work of pulling the Empire together, which went on from A.D. 270 to 330, the three outstanding actors were Aurelian, Diocletian, and Constantine, and the part played by Aurelian was indispensable for the restitu…