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 characteristics, despite their multi-ethnic origins, made them uniquely Byzantine? Through a series of detailed composite portraits, an international collection of contributors have created a clear vision of the Byzantines and their social world. Paupers, peasants, soldiers, ...
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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 characteristics, despite their multi-ethnic origins, made them uniquely Byzantine? Through a series of detailed composite portraits, an international collection of contributors have created a clear vision of the Byzantines and their social world. Paupers, peasants, soldiers, teachers, bureaucrats, clerics, emperors, and saints are presented in the context of ordinary Byzantine life.
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Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 0226097919. Faint dustsoiling to top of book else book has very minor shelfwear.; Ncluding scholarly articles by Evelyne Patlagean on “The Poor, ” Alexander Kazhdan on “The Peasantry, ” Peter Schreiner on “Soldiers, ” Robert Browning on “Teachers, ” Alice-Mary Talbot on “Women, ” Nicolas Oikonomides on “Entrepreneurs, ” Vera von Falkenhausen on “Bishops, ” Andre Guillou on “Funtionaries, ” Michael McCormick on “Emperors, ” and Cyril Mango on “Saints. ”; 302 pages.
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