A Short History of Byzantium Paperback - 1998
by Norwich, John Julius
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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. of b&w illustrations. of color illustrations.
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- Title A Short History of Byzantium
- Author Norwich, John Julius
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 496
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1998-12-29
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # B12A-02990
- ISBN 9780679772699 / 0679772693
- Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
- Dimensions 8.06 x 5.23 x 0.99 in (20.47 x 13.28 x 2.51 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Theometrics: Secular
- Library of Congress subjects Byzantine Empire - History, Byzantine Empire - Civilization
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96044458
- Dewey Decimal Code 949.502
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From the jacket flap
--"The New York Times Book Review
In this magisterial adaptation of his epic three-volume history of Byzantium, John Julius Norwich chronicles the world's longest-lived Christian empire. Beginning with Constantine the Great, who in a.d. 330 made Christianity the religion of his realm and then transferred its capital to the city that would bear his name, Norwich follows the course of eleven centuries of Byzantine statecraft and warfare, politics and theology, manners and art.
In the pages of A Short History of Byzantium we encounter mystics and philosophers, eunuchs and barbarians, and rulers of fantastic erudition, piety, and degeneracy. We enter the life of an empire that could create some of the world's most transcendent religious art and then destroy it in the convulsions of fanaticism. Stylishly written and overflowing with drama, pathos, and wit, here is a matchless account of a lost civilization and its magnificent cultural legacy.
"Strange and fascinating . . . filled with drollery and horror."
--"Boston Globe
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- New York Times, 04/18/1999, Page 32
