Byzantine Matters

Name: Byzantine Matters
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ISBN: 9780691157634

ISBN-10: 0691157634

ISBN-13: 9780691157634

Edition: 2014

Authors: Averil Cameron

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For many of us, Byzantium remains "byzantine"--obscure, marginal, difficult. Despite the efforts of some recent historians, prejudices still deform popular and scholarly understanding of the Byzantine civilization, often reducing it to a poor relation of Rome and the rest of the classical world. In this book, renowned historian Averil Cameron presents an original and personal view of the challenges and questions facing historians of Byzantium today.The book explores five major themes, all subjects of controversy. "Absence" asks why Byzantium is routinely passed over, ignored, or relegated to a sphere of its own. "Empire" reinserts Byzantium into modern debates about empire, and discusses…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 5/2/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 184
Size: 5.63" wide x 7.76" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English