The Lost World of Byzantium

The Lost World of Byzantium
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 293
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ISBN-10 : 9780300216097
ISBN-13 : 0300216092
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Book Synopsis The Lost World of Byzantium by : Jonathan Harris

Download or read book The Lost World of Byzantium written by Jonathan Harris and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-15 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed author of Byzantium and the Crusades “offers a fresh take on this fabled but hidden civilization” across 11 centuries of history (Colin Wells, author of Sailing from Byzantium). 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. Rather than recounting the standard chronology of emperors and battles, leading Byzantium scholar Jonathan Harris focuses each chapter of this engaging history on a succession of archetypal figures, families, places, and events. Harris’s introduction presents a civilization rich in contrasts, combining orthodox Christianity with paganism, and classical Greek learning with Roman power. Though frequently assailed by numerous armies, Byzantium survived by dint of its unorthodox foreign policy. Over time, its sumptuous art and architecture flourished, helping to establish a deep sense of Byzantine identity in its people. Synthesizing 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 heart of Byzantine civilization and explores its remarkable and lasting influence on the modern world.


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