Stanford University Press, Date: 1997-10-01. Paperback. Good. 1997. Stanford University Press ISBN 0804726302 9780804726306 [US]

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ISBN10: 0804726302, ISBN13: 9780804726306, [publisher: Stanford Univ Pr November 1997] Softcover
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Stanford Univ Pr, Date: 1997. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 1044 pages. 9.00x6.25x2.25 inches. 1997. Stanford Univ Pr ISBN 0804726302 9780804726306 [GB]

ISBN10: 0804726302, ISBN13: 9780804726306, [publisher: Stanford University Press, Palo Alto] Softcover First Edition Paperback. This is the first comprehensive and up-to-date history of Byzantium to appear in almost sixty years, and the first ever to cover both the Byzantine state and Byzantine society. It begins in A.D. 285, when the emperor Diocletian separated what became Byzantium from the western Roman Empire, and ends in 1461, when the last Byzantine outposts fell to the Ottoman Turks. Spanning twelve centuries and three continents, the Byzantine Empire linked the ancient and modern worlds, shaping and transmitting Greek, Roman, and Christian traditions—including the Greek classics, Roman law, and Christian theology—that remain vigorous today, not only in Eastern Europe and the Middle East but throughout Western civilization. Though in its politics Byzantium often resembled a third-world dictatorship, it has never yet been matched in maintaining a single state for so long, over a wide area inhabited by heterogeneous peoples. Drawing on a wealth of original sources and modern works, the author treats political and social developments as a single vivid story, told partly in detailed narrative and partly in essays that clarify long-term changes. He avoids stereotypes and rejects such old and new historical orthodoxies as the persistent weakness of the Byzantine economy and the pervasive importance of holy men in Late Antiquity. Without ...
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