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The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies (Oxford Handbooks)

By John Haldon , Elizabeth Jeffreys , Robin Cormack (editors)

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2009
ISBN
0199252467, 9780199252466
LCC
DF552 .O93 2008
Google Books ID
Pnkxofhi4mQC
Open Library ID
OL16900782M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
53 MB (56059948 bytes)
Series
Oxford Handbooks
Pages
1051\1051
Topic
History
DPI
600
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00
Исторические дисциплины;Всемирная история;История

Description

The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies presents discussions by leading experts on all significant aspects of this diverse and fast-growing field. The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies deals with the history and culture of the Byzantine Empire, the eastern half of the Late Roman Empire, from the fourth to the fourteenth century. Its centre was the city formerly known as Byzantium, refounded as Constantinople in 324 CE, the present-day Istanbul. Under its emperors, patriarchs, and all-pervasive bureaucracy Byzantium developed a distinctive society: Greek in language, Roman in legal system, and Christian in religion. Byzantium's impact in the European Middle Ages is hard to over-estimate, as a bulwark against invaders, as a meeting-point for trade from Asia and the Mediterranean, as a guardian of the classical literary and artistic heritage, and as a creator of its own magnificent artistic style.

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