A History of Byzantium

Author: Timothy E. Gregory
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 140518471X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481

Book Description
This revised and expanded edition of the widely-praised A History of Byzantium covers the time of Constantine the Great in AD 306 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Expands treatment of the middle and later Byzantine periods, incorporating new archaeological evidence Includes additional maps and photographs, and a newly annotated, updated bibliography Incorporates a new section on web resources for Byzantium studies Demonstrates that Byzantium was important in its own right but also served as a bridge between East and West and ancient and modern society Situates Byzantium in its broader historical context with a new comparative timeline and textboxes

A Concise History of Byzantium

Author: Warren T. Treadgold
Publisher: MacMillan Distribution Limited
ISBN:
Category : Byzantine Empire
Languages : en
Pages : 298

Book Description
Between AD 285, when Byzantium first separated from the Western Roman Empire, and 1461, when the last Byzantine splinter state disappeared, the Byzantine state and society underwent many crises, triumphs, declines and recoveries. Spanning twelve centuries and three continents, the Byzantine empire linked the ancient and modern worlds, shaping and transmitting Greek, Roman, and Christian traditions—including the Greek classics, Roman law, and Christian theology—that remain vigorous today, not only in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, but throughout western civilization.

A History of Byzantium

Author: Paul Lemerle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Byzantine Empire
Languages : en
Pages : 168

Book Description

History of the Byzantine Empire, 324–1453, Volume II

Author: Alexander A. Vasiliev
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299809269
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481

Book Description
“This is the revised English translation from the original work in Russian of the history of the Great Byzantine Empire. It is the most complete and thorough work on this subject. From it we get a wonderful panorama of the events and developments of the struggles of early Christianity, both western and eastern, with all of its remains of the wonderful productions of art, architecture, and learning.”—Southwestern Journal of Theology

A Companion to Byzantium

Author: Liz James
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9781444320022
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 488

Book Description
Using new methodological and theoretical approaches, A Companionto Byzantium presents an overview of the Byzantine world fromits inception in 330 A.D. to its fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. Provides an accessible overview of eleven centuries ofByzantine society Introduces the most recent scholarship that is transforming thefield of Byzantine studies Emphasizes Byzantium's social and cultural history, as well asits material culture Explores traditional topics and themes through freshperspectives

Byzantium

Author: John Haldon
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750956739
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
Originally the eastern half of the mighty Roman Empire, Byzantium grew to be one of the longest-surviving empires in world history, spanning nine centuries and three continents. It was a land of contrasts – from the glittering centre at Constantinople, to the rural majority, to the heartland of the Orthodox Church – and one surrounded by enemies: Persians, Arabs and Ottoman Turks to the east, Slavs and Bulgars to the north, Saracens and Normans to the west. Written by one of the world's leading experts on Byzantine history, Byzantium: A History tells the chequered story of a historical enigma, from its birth out of the ashes of Rome in the third century to its era-defining fall at the hands of the Ottoman Turks in 1453.

Byzantium

Author: John Julius Norwich
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Byzantine Empire
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

The Byzantine Warrior Hero

Author: Chrysovalantis Kyriacou
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793621993
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243

Book Description
Chrysovalantis Kyriacou examines how memories of the pre-Christian past, Christian militarism, power struggles, and ethnoreligious encounters have left their long-term imprint on Cypriot culture. One of the most impressive examples of this phenomenon is the preservation and transformative adaptation of Byzantine heroic themes, motifs, and symbols in Cypriot folk songs. By combining a variety of written sources and archaeological material in his interdisciplinary examination, the author reconstructs the image of the Byzantine warrior hero in the songs, recovering the mentalities of overshadowed social protagonists and stressing the role of subaltern communities as active agents in the shaping of history.

Byzantium

Author: John F. Haldon
Publisher: Tempus Publishing, Limited
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description

O City of Byzantium

Author: Nicetas Choniates
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814317648
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 486

Book Description
One of the most important accounts of the Middle Ages, the history of Niketas Choniates describes the Byzantine Empire from 1118 to 1207. Niketas provides an eyewitness account of the sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade.