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Byzantium: A Very Short Introduction
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Byzantium: A Very Short Introduction

In this Very Short Introduction Peter Sarris introduces the reader to the unique fusion of Roman political culture, Greek intellectual tradition and Christian faith that took place in the imperial capital of Byzantium under the emperor Constantine and his heirs. Using examples from Byzantine architecture, art and literature, Sarris shows how their legacy was re-worked and re-invented in the centuries ahead, in the face of external challenges and threats.
 
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Tags: Short, Sarris, Byzantium, Introduction, architecture
World of Byzantium
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World of ByzantiumTry this thought experiment: Mentally chart the main phases of European history to 1500. If you're like most of us, you probably moved from classical Greece through Alexander the Great, from the Rome of the Caesars to the Renaissance, with a detour into the long post-Roman hiatus known as the Dark and Middle Ages. But this storyline is woefully incomplete, even misleading. Why? It leaves out Byzantium.             
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Tags: Middle, storyline, known, hiatus, detour, Byzantium, woefully, incomplete
Byzantium - The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
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Byzantium - The Surprising Life of a Medieval EmpireByzantium - The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire

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--long history, she identifies the fundamental questions about Byzantium--what it was, and what special significance it holds for us today.
 
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Tags: Byzantium, Empire, identifies, fundamental, history, Surprising, Medieval
The Perfect Servant - Eunuchs and the Social Construction of Gender in Byzantium
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The Perfect Servant - Eunuchs and the Social Construction of Gender in ByzantiumThe Perfect Servant - Eunuchs and the Social Construction of Gender in Byzantium

The Perfect Servant reevaluates the place of eunuchs in Byzantium. Kathryn Ringrose uses the modern concept of gender as a social construct to identify eunuchs as a distinct gender and to illustrate how gender was defined in the Byzantine world. At the same time she explores the changing role of the eunuch in Byzantium from 600 to 1100.


 
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Tags: Byzantium, gender, Perfect, eunuchs, Servant
The Fall of Constantinople - The Ottoman Conquest of Byzantium
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The Fall of Constantinople - The Ottoman Conquest of ByzantiumThe Fall of Constantinople - The Ottoman Conquest of Byzantium

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 empire in name and tradition only. This lavishly illustrated book chronicles the history of Byzantium, the evolution of the defenses of Constantinople and the epic siege of the city, which saw a force of 80,000 men repelled by a small group of determined defenders until the Turks smashed the city's protective walls with artillery.
 
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Tags: Byzantium, until, Empire, Constantinople, Roman