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The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies (Oxford Handbooks)

By Robin , Jeffreys , Elizabeth; Haldon , John F.; Cormack

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780199252466; 0199252467
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
53 MB (56059949 bytes)
Series
Oxford handbooks
Edition
1st Ed
Pages
0\1051
Topic
History
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-09-30 00:17:45
AsiabureaucracyByzantine EmpirebyzantiumConstantinopleemperorsEuropean Middle AgesIstanbulLate Roman Empirepatriarchs

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. Byzantiums 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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