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Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a ..., Herrin, Judith
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- Title
- Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
- Book Title
- Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
- ISBN
- 0691143692
- EAN
- 9780691143699
- Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Genre
- History
- Height
- 27.94
- Length
- 231.14
- Width
- 152.40
- Release Title
- Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
- Artist
- Herrin, Judith
- Brand
- N/A
- Colour
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- Publication Year
- 2009
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Byzantium: the Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
- Item Height
- 235 mm
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Item Width
- 152 mm
- Subject
- History
- Item Weight
- 624 g
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
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Byzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism - gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization. Avoiding a standard chronological account of the Byzantine Empire's millennium - long history, she identifies the fundamental questions about Byzantium - what it was, and what special significance it holds for us today. Bringing the latest scholarship to a general audience in accessible prose, Herrin focuses each short chapter around a representative theme, event, monument, or historical figure, and examines it within the full sweep of Byzantine history - from the foundation of Constantinople, the magnificent capital city built by Constantine the Great, to its capture by the Ottoman Turks. She argues that Byzantium's crucial role as the eastern defender of Christendom against Muslim expansion during the early Middle Ages made Europe - and the modern Western world - possible. Herrin captivates us with her discussions of all facets of Byzantine culture and society. She walks us through the complex ceremonies of the imperial court. She describes the transcendent beauty and power of the church of Hagia Sophia, as well as chariot races, monastic spirituality, diplomacy, and literature. She reveals the fascinating worlds of military usurpers and ascetics, eunuchs and courtesans, and artisans who fashioned the silks, icons, ivories, and mosaics so readily associated with Byzantine art. An innovative history written by one of our foremost scholars, Byzantium reveals this great civilization's rise to military and cultural supremacy, its spectacular destruction by the Fourth Crusade, and its revival and final conquest in 1453.
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Princeton University Press
ISBN-13
9780691143699
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Product Key Features
Publication Name
Byzantium: the Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235 mm
Item Width
152 mm
Item Weight
624 g
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