by
Herrin, Judith
Date
2009
xxiii, 391 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps.
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
949.502 HER
by
Norwich, John Julius,
Date
1989
407 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
949.5013 NOR
by
Cameron, Averil.
Date
2014
xiv, 164 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm
Language
English
Format:
Book
Abstract
"For many of us, Byzantium remains "byzantine"--obscure, marginal, difficult. Despite the efforts of some recent historians, prejudices still deform popular and scholarly understanding of the Byzantine civilization, often reducing it to a poor relation of Rome and the rest of the classical world. In this book, renowned historian Averil Cameron presents an original and personal view of the challenges and questions facing historians of Byzantium today.The book explores five major themes, all subjects of controversy. "Absence" asks why Byzantium is routinely passed over, ignored, or relegated to a sphere of its own. "Empire" reinserts Byzantium into modern debates about empire, and discusses the nature of its system and its remarkable longevity. "Hellenism" confronts the question of the "Greekness" of Byzantium, and of the place of Byzantium in modern Greek consciousness. "The Realms of Gold" asks what lessons can be drawn from Byzantine visual art, and "The Very Model of Orthodoxy" challenges existing views of Byzantine Christianity.Throughout, the book addresses misconceptions about Byzantium, suggests why it is so important to integrate the civilization into wider histories, and lays out why Byzantium should be central to ongoing debates about the relationships between West and East, Christianity and Islam, Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, and the ancient and medieval periods. The result is a forthright and compelling call to reconsider the place of Byzantium in Western history and imagination"-- Provided by publisher.
Call Number
949.502 CAM
Date
2002
xviii, 334 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
949.502 OXF
by
Angold, Michael
Date
2001
xiii, 186 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
949.502 ANG
by
Treadgold, Warren T
Date
1997
xxiii, 1019 p. : ill., geneal. tables, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
949.502 TRE
by
Mango, Cyril A.
Date
1980
Series
History of civilization
xiii, 334 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
949.5 MAN
by
Arnott, Peter D.
Date
1973
xi, 286 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
949.5 ARN
by
Asimov, Isaac,
Date
1970
293 p. illus., geneal. tables, maps. 24 cm.
Language
English
Format:
Book
Abstract
Traces the history of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire from the seventh century B.C. to the fifteenth century A.D. and discusses the influence of that Empire on the civilization of Europe.
Call Number
949.5 ASI
by
Hussey, Joan Mervyn
Date
1961
Edition
2nd ed.
191 p.
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
949.502 HUS
by
Gibbon, Edward,
Date
1860
Edition
New ed.
6 v.
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
945.6 GIB V.4
by
Luttwak, Edward.
Date
2009
xi, 498 p. : maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
355.009495 LUT
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