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19%OFFJonathan Harris - The Lost World of Byzantium - 9780300223538 - V9780300223538
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The Lost World of Byzantium

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Description for The Lost World of Byzantium Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 pp. b/w. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3D; 3F; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 370.
A fresh, concise, and accessible history of one of the medieval world’s greatest empires

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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300223538
SKU
V9780300223538
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About Jonathan Harris
Jonathan Harris is professor of the history of Byzantium at Royal Holloway, University of London. He lives in London.

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