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The Lost World of Byzantium
Engelsk Paperback
The Lost World of Byzantium
Engelsk Paperback

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A fresh, concise, and accessible history of one of the medieval world’s greatest empires For more than a millennium, the Byzantine Empire presided over the juncture between East and West, as well as the transition from the classical to the modern world. Jonathan Harris, a leading scholar of Byzantium, eschews the usual run-through of emperors and battles and instead recounts the empire’s extraordinary history by focusing each chronological chapter on an archetypal figure, family, place, or event.   Harris’s action-packed introduction presents a civilization rich in contrasts, combining orthodox Christianity with paganism, and classical Greek learning with Roman power. Frequently assailed by numerous armies—including those of Islam—Byzantium nonetheless survived and even flourished by dint of its somewhat unorthodox foreign policy and its sumptuous art and architecture, which helped to embed a deep sense of Byzantine identity in its people.   Enormously engaging and utilizing a wealth of sources to cover all major aspects of the empire’s social, political, military, religious, cultural, and artistic history, Harris’s study illuminates the very heart of Byzantine civilization and explores its remarkable and lasting influence on its neighbors and on the modern world.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
280
ISBN-13:
9780300223538
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0300223536
Udg. Dato:
6 sep 2016
Længde:
25mm
Bredde:
131mm
Højde:
198mm
Forlag:
Yale University Press
Oplagsdato:
6 sep 2016
Forfatter(e):
Books from the same author
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