The lost world of Byzantium
For more than a millennium, the Byzantine Empire presided over the juncture between East and West, as well as the transition from the classical to the modern world. Jonathan Harris, a leading scholar of Byzantium, eschews the usual run-through of emperors and battles and instead recounts the empire&...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven ; London :
Yale University Press
cop. 2015
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b33282742*spi |
| Sumario: | For more than a millennium, the Byzantine Empire presided over the juncture between East and West, as well as the transition from the classical to the modern world. Jonathan Harris, a leading scholar of Byzantium, eschews the usual run-through of emperors and battles and instead recounts the empire's extraordinary history by focusing each chronological chapter on an archetypal figure, family, place, or event. |
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| Descripción Física: | xi, 264 p., [16] p. de lám. : il. ; 25 cm |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice |
| ISBN: | 9780300178579 |
