Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
by:
Judith Herrin (author)
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...
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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
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B002RI9IV0
Pages no: 413
Edition language: English
Informative and beautifully written, with maps and photographs.
List of IllustrationsList of MapsIntroduction: A Different History of Byzantium--Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval EmpireFurther ReadingList of Emperors Named in the TextChronologyMapsAcknowledgementsIndex
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