THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

Browning, Robert

ISBN 10: 0297778218 / ISBN 13: 9780297778219

Published by Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1980

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DJ has light edgewear with a few small tears along top edge. ; 224 pages; This volume describes the story of Byzantine civilization after the definitive triumph of Christianity in AD 500 and concludes with the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453. Seller Inventory # 7384

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson

Publication Date: 1980

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis:

Examines the art, literature, philosophy, religion, music, science, education, and law of the Byzantine Empire, as well as its history

From the Back Cover:

This revised edition of a classic study presents the history of the Byzantine Empire from the sixth to the fifteenth century, not merely in terms of political events, but also through the art, literature, and thought of Byzantine society. It emphasizes the constant tension between continuity and change, between conservation of the traditions of the Roman Empire of Augustus and Trajan and the Christian Roman Empire of Constantine and his successors on the one hand, and on the other, the need to react positively to the loss of the Latin-speaking West and the successive challenges offered by the Arab conquest, the Crusades, and the inexorable expansion of the Ottoman Empire.