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The lost world of Byzantium / Jonathan Harris. by Harris, Jonathan author. Subjects Byzantine Empire -- Civilization.   Byzantine Empire -- Relations. Publisher Info:  New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015] Description:  xi, 264 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm RDA Types:  text unmediated volume ISBN:  9780300178579 0300178573 Contents:  Prologue -- Twilight of the Gods -- Outpost of Empire -- The Deluge -- A World Transformed -- The Conquest of the North -- Paths of Glory -- The Long Shadow -- The Enemy Within -- The New Constantine -- An Old Man Remembers -- Epilogue -- Chronology -- Glossary. Format Book:  Summary:  "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. Jonathan Harris, a leading scholar of Byzantium, eschews the usual run-through of emperors and battles and instead recounts the empire's extraordinary history by focusing each chronological chapter on an archetypal figure, family, place, or event. Harris's action-packed introduction presents a civilization rich in contrasts, combining orthodox Christianity with paganism, and classical Greek learning with Roman power. Frequently assailed by numerous armies--including those of Islam--Byzantium nonetheless survived and even flourished by dint of its somewhat unorthodox foreign policy and its sumptuous art and architecture, which helped to embed a deep sense of Byzantine identity in its people. Enormously engaging and utilizing 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 very heart of Byzantine civilization and explores its remarkable and lasting influence on its neighbors and on the modern world"-- No. of Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Marion Public Library Top Floor 949.5 HAR Checked In Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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