Understanding Byzantium: Studies in Byzantine Historical Sources (Routledge Revivals) - Hardcover

Takacs, Sarolta; Speck, Paul

 
9781138709768: Understanding Byzantium: Studies in Byzantine Historical Sources (Routledge Revivals)
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ISBN 10: 113870976X ISBN 13: 9781138709768
Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

This book was first published in 2003.Paul Speck's work is acknowledged to be of profound importance for the study of the history and culture of the Byzantine world. If at times controversial, it has proved highly influential in terms of the approaches to be taken to historical and literary sources. For many, however, it has remained largely inaccessible in its original German. To help overcome this, the selection of studies presented here have been specially translated into English. Taken together, they make a substantial contribution to a critical understanding of Byzantine writing, and to an interpretation of history free from prejudice and stereotyped conceptions. Their coverage extends from the foundation of Constantinople to current perceptions of Byzantine history, but they focus in particular on the period from the 6th to the 9th centuries - the 'Dark Ages' and the Byzantine renaissance - and the transformation of Byzantium that then took place.

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About the Author

Edited by Sarolta Takacs, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Professor Paul Speck.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
113870976X
ISBN 13 
9781138709768
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
316

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