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Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire

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Availability:In StockContributor:Judith HerrinPublish date:2009-09-28Pages:416
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691143699ISBN-10:691143692UPC:9780691143699Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Middle East, AncientBook Topic:Medieval, Turkey & Ottoman Empire, GreeceSize:8.60 x 5.70 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SC00T7A6EH

A captivating account of the legendary empire that made Western civilization possible

Byzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism--gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization. Avoiding a standard chronological account of the Byzantine Empire's millennium--long history, she identifies the fundamental questions about...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691143699ISBN-10:691143692UPC:9780691143699Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Middle East, AncientBook Topic:Medieval, Turkey & Ottoman Empire, GreeceSize:8.60 x 5.70 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SC00T7A6EH
Judith Herrin is professor emeritus in the Department of Classics at King's College London. Her books include Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe; Unrivalled Influence: Women and Empire in Byzantium; Margins and Metropolis: Authority across the Byzantine Empire; Women in Purple: Rulers of Medieval Byzantium; and The Formation of Christendom (all Princeton). She lives in Oxford, England.
Publisher: Princeton University Press

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