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Byzantium

- The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
Af: Judith Herrin Engelsk Paperback

Byzantium

- The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
Af: Judith Herrin Engelsk Paperback
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For a thousand years an extraordinary empire made possible Europe’s transition to the modern world: Byzantium. An audacious and resilient but now little known society, it combined orthodox Christianity with paganism, classical Greek learning with Roman power, to produce a great and creative civilization which for centuries held in check the armies of Islam.

Judith Herrin’s concise and compelling book replaces the standard chronological approach of most histories of Byzantium. Instead, each short chapter is focused on a theme, such as a building (the great church of Hagia Sophia), a clash over religion (iconoclasm), sex and power (the role of eunuchs), an outstanding Byzantine individual (the historian Anna Komnene), a symbol of civilization (the fork), a battle for territory (the crusades). In this way she makes accessible and understandable the grand sweeps of Byzantine history, from the founding of its magnificent capital Constantinople (modern Istanbul) in 330, to its fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.

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For a thousand years an extraordinary empire made possible Europe’s transition to the modern world: Byzantium. An audacious and resilient but now little known society, it combined orthodox Christianity with paganism, classical Greek learning with Roman power, to produce a great and creative civilization which for centuries held in check the armies of Islam.

Judith Herrin’s concise and compelling book replaces the standard chronological approach of most histories of Byzantium. Instead, each short chapter is focused on a theme, such as a building (the great church of Hagia Sophia), a clash over religion (iconoclasm), sex and power (the role of eunuchs), an outstanding Byzantine individual (the historian Anna Komnene), a symbol of civilization (the fork), a battle for territory (the crusades). In this way she makes accessible and understandable the grand sweeps of Byzantine history, from the founding of its magnificent capital Constantinople (modern Istanbul) in 330, to its fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 416
ISBN-13: 9780141031026
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0141031026
Kategori: Byzantine Empire
Udg. Dato: 3 apr 2008
Længde: 26mm
Bredde: 128mm
Højde: 197mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 3 apr 2008
Forfatter(e): Judith Herrin
Forfatter(e) Judith Herrin

Kategori Byzantine Empire

ISBN-13 9780141031026

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 416

Udgave

Længde 26mm

Bredde 128mm

Højde 197mm

Udg. Dato 3 apr 2008

Oplagsdato 3 apr 2008

Forlag Penguin Books Ltd