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|a Herrin, Judith
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|a Byzantium :
|b the surprising life of a medieval empire /
|c Judith Herrin
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|a London :
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|a xxiii, 391 p., [24] p. of plates :
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|c 24 cm
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|a Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-353) and index
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|a Introduction: A different history of Byzantium -- Foundations of Byzantium. The city of Constantine ; Constantinople, the largest city in Christendom ; The East Roman Empire ; Greek Orthodoxy ; The church of Hagia Sophia ; The Ravenna Mosaics ; Roman law -- The transition from Ancient to Medieval. The bulwark against Islam ; Icons, a new Christian art form ; Iconoclasm and icon veneration ; A literate and articulate society ; Saints Cyril and Methodios, 'apostles to the Slavs' -- Byzantium becomes a Medieval state. Greek fire ; The Byzantine economy ; Eunuchs ; The imperial court ; Imperial children, 'born in the purple' ; Mount Athos ; Venice and the fork ; Basil II, 'the bulgar-slayer' ; Eleventh-century crisis ; Anna Komnene ; A cosmopolitan society -- Varieties of Byzantium. The fulcrum of the crusades ; The towers of Trebizond, Arta, Nicaea and Thessanlonike ; Rebels and patrons ; 'Better the Turkish turban than the Papal tiara' ; The siege of 1453 -- Conclusion: The greatness and legacy of Byzantium
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