Picture 1 of 2

Stock photo

The Great Church in Captivity Hardcover Steven Runciman - Picture 1 of 2

The Great Church in Captivity Hardcover Steven Runciman - Picture 2 of 2

Great Church in Captivity by Steven Runciman (1968, Hardcover)

5.01 product rating

Better World Books (2745738)

98.9% positive Feedback

Price:

US $39.69

Approximately£29.38

+ $8.00 postage

Estimated delivery Mon, 2 Jun - Mon, 9 Jun

Returns:

30 days return. Buyer pays for return postage. If you use an eBay delivery label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.

Condition:

Good

Book

About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521071887

ISBN-139780521071888

eBay Product ID (ePID)2131696

Product Key Features

Number of Pages466 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameGreat Church in Captivity

SubjectMiddle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Europe / General

Publication Year1968

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaHistory

AuthorSteven Runciman

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight25.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN68-029330

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition18

Dewey Decimal281.909

Table Of ContentPreface; Part I. The Church on the Eve of the Turkish Conquest: 1. The background; 2. The structure of the church; 3. Church and state; 4. The church and the churches; 5. The church and the philosophers; 6. The theology of mysticism; 7. The end of the empire; Part II. The Church Under the Ottoman Sultans: 8. The new pattern; 9. The church and the infidel state; 10. The church and education; 11. The church and the churches: constantinople and Rome; 12. The church and the churches: the Lutheran approach; 13. The church and the churches: the Calvinist patriarch; 14. The church and the churches: the Anglican experiment; 15. Constantinople and Moscow; 16. The definition of doctrine; 17. The phanariots; 18. The church and the Greek people; 19. Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

SynopsisThis is Sir Steven Runciman's established and widely admired classic account of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, first published in 1968. The Great Church, as the Greeks called the Orthodox Patriarchate, was the spiritual centre of the Byzantine world. The Church's survival during the four centuries of Turkish rule which followed the fall of Constantinople bore witness to its strenght and to the unquenchable vitality of Hellenism. Sir Steven Runciman's history of the Great Church in this period is written with scholarship, sympathy and style., This is Sir Steven Runciman's established and widely admired classic account of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, first published in 1968. The Great Church, as the Greeks called the Orthodox Patriarchate, was the spiritual centre of the Byzantine world. Sir Steven Runciman's history of the Great Church is written with scholarship, sympathy and style.

LC Classification NumberBX410 .R8