Byzantium : the surprising life of a medieval empire /: the surprising life of a medieval empire. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Judith Herrin.
• Other Names: Herrin, Judith
• Contents: List of illustrations -- List of maps -- Introduction : a different history of Byzantium -- I. FOUNDATIONS OF BYZANTIUM -- 1. The city of Constantine -- 2. Constantinople, the largest city in Christendom -- 3. The East Roman Empire -- 4. Greek Orthodoxy -- 5. The church of Hagia Sophia -- 6. The Ravenna Mosaics -- 7. Roman law -- II. THE TRANSITION FROM ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL -- 8. The bulwark against Islam -- 9. Icons, a new Christian art form -- 10. Iconoclasm and icon veneration -- 11. A literate and articulate society -- 12. Saints Cyril and Methodios, 'apostles to the Slavs' -- III. BYZANTIUM BECOMES A MEDIEVAL STATE -- 13. Greek fire -- 14. The Byzantine economy -- 15. Eunuchs -- 16. The imperial court -- 17. Imperial children, 'born in the purple' -- 18. Mount Athos -- 19. Venice and the fork -- 20. Basil II, 'the bulgar-slayer' -- 21. Eleventh-century crisis -- 22. Anna Komnene -- 23. A cosmopolitan society -- IV. VARIETIES OF BYZANTIUM -- 24. The fulcrum of the crusades -- 25. The towers of Trebizond, Arta, Nicaea and Thessanlonike -- 26. Rebels and patrons -- 27. 'Better the Turkish turban than the Papal tiara' -- 28. The siege of 1453 -- Conclusion : the greatness and legacy of Byzantium -- Further reading -- List of emperors named in the text -- Chronology -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Penguin
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiii, 391 pages, [24] pages of plates), illustrations (some color), maps
• Subjects: 949.502; HISTORY / Middle East / General; Civilization; HISTORY / Europe / General; Early History: C 500 To C 1450/1500; Byzantine Empire -- History; Byzantine Empire -- Civilization; Byzantine Empire; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780141911366; 0141911360; 9781400832736
• Related ISBNs: 9780141031026; 0141031026; 140083273X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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