Speros Vryonis Jr. (
Greek: Σπυρίδων "Σπύρος" Βρυώνης, July 18, 1928 – March 12, 2019) was an American historian of
Greek descent and a specialist in
Byzantine, Balkan, and Greek history.[1]
He was the author of a number of works on Byzantine and Greek-Turkish relations, including his seminal The Decline of Medieval Hellenism in Asia Minor (1971) and The Mechanism of Catastrophe (2005).
Byzantium and Europe New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968.
The Decline of Medieval Hellenism in Asia Minor and the Process of Islamization from the Eleventh through the Fifteenth Century. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971.
A brief history of the Greek-American community of St. George, Memphis, Tennessee, 1962-1982. Malibu, CA: Undena Publications, 1982.
The Turkish state and history: Clio meets the Grey Wolf. Thessaloniki, Greece : Institute for Balkan Studies, 1993.
The Vryonis family : four generations of Greek-American memories. Bundoora, Victoria, Australia: National Centre for Hellenic Studies and Research, La Trobe University, 2000.
The Mechanism of Catastrophe: The Turkish Pogrom of September 6–7, 1955, and the Destruction of the Greek Community of Istanbul. New York: Greekworks.com, 2005.
Books (editor)
Greece on the road to democracy : from the Junta to Pasok 1974-1986. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Aristide D. Caratzas, 1991.
Byzantine studies : essays on the Slavic world and on the eleventh century. New Rochelle : A.D. Caratzas, 1992.
The Greeks and the sea. New Rochelle, N.Y. : Aristide D. Caratzas, 1993.
“Evidence On Human Sacrifice Among the Early Ottoman Turks.” Journal of Asian History, vol. 5, no. 2, Otto Harrassowitz, Jan. 1971, pp. 140–46.
“Nomadization and Islamization in Asia Minor.” Dumbarton Oaks Papers, vol. 29, Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies, Jan. 1975, pp. 41–71, doi:10.2307/1291369.
“Laonicus Chalcocondyles and the Ottoman Budget.” International Journal of Middle East Studies, vol. 7, no. 3, Cambridge University Press, July 1976, pp. 423–32, doi:10.1017/S0020743800025733.
“The Evolution of Slavic Society and the Slavic Invasions in Greece. The First Major Slavic Attack on Thessaloniki, A. D. 597.” Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, vol. 50, no. 4, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Oct. 1981, pp. 378–90, doi:10.2307/147879.
"Cultural Context of Preserving Community Archives." Greek Orthodox Theological Review, vol. 45, no. 1, 2000, pp. 363–376.
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“Byzantium: The Social Basis of Decline in the Eleventh Century.” Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, Duke University, Sept. 2001, pp. 157–75.
“Byzantine Attitudes Toward Islam During the Late Middle Ages.” Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, vol. 12, no. 2, Duke University, July 2003, pp. 263–86.
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abJohn S. Langdon, Jelisaveta Stanojevich Allen et al. (eds.), To Hellenikon Studies in Honor of Speros Vryonis, Jr: Hellenic Antiquity and Byzantium. New Rochelle, NY: Artistide D. Caratzas, 1993.