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Mothers and Sons, Fathers and Daughters: The Byzantine Family of Michael Psellos
by Anthony Kaldellis  Synopsis Mothers and Sons, Fathers and Daughters makes available for the first time extensive English translations from the works of Michael Psellos (1018-1081?), a key philosopher of the Byzantine Empire. Psellos was not simply a philosopher, he was also a...
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Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
by Judith Herrin Publisher Comments Byzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism--gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization. Avoiding a standard chronological account of the Byzantine Empire's millennium...
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Sailing From Byzantium: How a Lost Empire Shaped the World (06 Edition)
by Wells Publisher Comments A gripping intellectual adventure story, Sailing from Byzantium sweeps you from the deserts of Arabia to the dark forests of northern Russia, from the colorful towns of Renaissance Italy to the final moments of a millennial city under siege…...
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The Fall of Constantinople: The Ottoman Conquest of Byzantium
by D. Nicolle Synopsis Byzantium was the last bastion of the Roman Empire following the fall of the Western Roman Empire. It fought for survival for eight centuries until, in the mid-15th century, the emperor Constantine XI ruled just a handful of whittled down territories, an...
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Byzantium
by Giles Morgan Synopsis The Byzantine Empire lasted for over a thousand years, created remarkable art and architecture and a lasting cultural and religious legacy that still has significance today. Now recognized as having had a considerable influence on the Renaissance and a...
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Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs #36: Byzantium Viewed by the Arabs
by Nadia Mar El Cheikh Publisher Comments This book studies the Arabic-Islamic view of Byzantium, tracing the Byzantine image as it evolved through centuries of warfare, contact, and exchanges. Including previously inaccessible material on the Arabic textual tradition on Byzantium, this...
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Discoveries: Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire
by Jean Paul Roux Synopsis The legendary Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan (1155-1227) built one of the largest and most powerful empires in all history, striking fear and leaving devastation in his wake. Through their military brilliance, extreme discipline, and innovative weaponry...
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The Night Attila Died: Solving the Murder of Attila the Hun
by Michael A Babcock Publisher Comments Before Saddam, before Hitler, before Napoleon... ...there was Attila, the reviled leader of the Huns who cut a bloody swath of death across fifth-century Europe. Yet, for all his barbarian savagery, it took a mere nosebleed to end his life. At least that'...
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Constantinople: Capital of Byzantium
by Jonathan Harris Publisher Comments In the early Middle Ages the greatest city in Europe was not Paris, London or Berlin but Constantinople, capital of Byzantium. It was an article of faith that a saintly emperor, divinely appointed, had founded Constantinople and that the city was as holy...
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Byzantium and the Crusades (06 Edition)
by Harris Synopsis The first great city to which the Crusaders came in 1089 was not Jerusalem but Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. Almost as much as Jerusalem itself, Constantinople was the key to the foundation, survival and ultimate eclipse of the...
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Byzantines (Peoples of Europe)
by Averil Cameron Synopsis This book introduces the reader to the complex history, ethnicity, and identity of the Byzantines. Brings Byzantium - often misconstrued as a vanished successor to the classical world - to the forefront of European history. Focuses on the Byzantine...
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Late Antiquity: Empire and Successors A.D. 425-600 Cambridge Ancient History, Vol 14
by Averil Cameron Publisher Comments With Volume 14 The Cambridge Ancient History concludes its story. This latest volume embraces the wide range of approaches and scholarship which have in recent decades transformed our view of Late Antiquity. In particular, traditional political and...
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Short History of Byzantium (97 Edition)
by John Julius Norwich Publisher Comments With the same dazzling intelligence and narrative mastery he brought to his acclaimed three-volume history of Byzantium, John Julius Norwich produces a shorter, more accessible chronicle of the world's longest-lived Christian empire. Beginning with the...
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Byzantines (97 Edition)
by Guglielmo (ed.) Cavallo Publisher Comments For more than a thousand years, Byzantium flourished at the crossroads of the Eastern and Western worlds. But who were the people of the first modern civilized state? What features distinguished them from earlier civilizations, and what cultural...
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Byzantium: The Empire of the New Rome
by Cyril Mango
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Belisarius: The Last Great General of the Roman Empire
by Lord Mahon
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Attila, King of the Huns: The Man and The Myth
by Patrick Howarth Description Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-199) and index....
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Byzantium Greatness & Decline
by Charles Diehl
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Byzantium an Introduction
by Philip Whitting
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Byzantine Portraits
by Charles Diehl
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