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Byzantium: The Empire of New Rome.
[Buy it!] | Mango, Cyril: | USD 20.00
(Mon Jun 3 06:47:31 2024) | Choosebooks/ZVAB | Fundus-Online GbR Borkert Schwarz Zerfaß | ISBN10: 0684167689, ISBN13: 9780684167688, [publisher: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons] Hardcover XIII, 334 p.: Ill., Maps. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag berieben, mir leichten Randläsuren, Schutzumschlag weist außerdem Knicke und minimale Verfärbungen auf, Kopf- und Vorderschnitt stockfleckig, Einband leicht klaffend, handschriftliche Anmerkungen auf Vorsatz, sonst guter Zustand / dust jacket rubbed, with light edgewear, dust jacket also has creases and minimal discoloration, head and fore-edge foxing, binding slightly gappy, handwritten annotations on endpapers, otherwise good condition. - In A.D. 324 the city of Constantinople was founded as the new Rome. In the powerful, vast, heterogeneous Byzantine world, it became the center of a rich and diverse culture, at one time extending from Gibraltar to the Euphrates. During its first three centuries, the Byzantine world integrated Christianity fully within the Greco-Roman tradition; and yet the Christian Empire contemplated by Constantine, Theodosius and Justinian remained an elusive idealto be striven for but never attained. Through eleven centuries this fabulous civilization underwent profound transformations; a catastrophic break in Byzantine history occurred, for example, in the seventh century when the Persian invasion and Arab expansion initiated a process of disintegration, leading ultimately to the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. In this authoritative survey, Professor Mango exposes the shortcomings of the surviving historical records of Byzantine civilization on which previous studies have too frequently depended. Adopting an original approach, he rectifies the bias of such accounts by concentrating especially on the point of view of the "average" Byzantine rather than the intellectual. He considers Byzantine life from a thematic perspective, covering such fundamental aspects as people and languages, society and economy, the disappearance and revival of cities, dissidents, monasticism, education, accepted ideas about good and evil, the physical universe, history and the ideal life and the Byzantine cultural legacyliterature, art, and architecture. The result is an absorbing study that reflects in its scope the wealth of its subject. It will appeal to both the specialist and the general reader. / CONTENTS PART ONE: Aspects of Byzantine Life Peoples and Languages Society and Economy The Disappearance and Revival of Cities Dissenters Monasticism Education PART TWO : The Conceptual World of Byzantium The Invisible World of Good and Evil The Physical Universe The Inhabitants of the Earth The Past of Mankind The Future of Mankind The Ideal Life PART THREE: The Legacy Literature Art and Architecture Appendix: Chronological List of Byzantine Emperors. ISBN 9780684167688 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 653
[Berlin, Germany] [Publication Year: 1980]
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