Back Door To Byzantium

Author : Bill Cooper
Publisher : Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781574090437
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Back Door to Byzantium written by Bill Cooper and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 1997 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eagerly awaited conclusion to the Watersteps trilogy is the story of the Cooper's voyage from the North Sea, across flooded France, down the Rhine and on the Danube to the Black Sea.

Author : Warren T. Treadgold
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804731638
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Byzantium and Its Army, 284-1081 written by Warren T. Treadgold and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first general book on the Byzantine army, the author traces the army's impact on the Byzantine state and society from the army's reorganization under Diocletian until its disintegration in the aftermath of the battle of Manzikert.

Author : Julia Kristeva
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231136365
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder in Byzantium written by Julia Kristeva and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This killer is murdering members of a dubious religious sect, the New Pantheon, and leaving a mysterious figure eight drawn on their corpses. Meanwhile, Sebastian Chrest-Jones, a noted professor of human migrations, clandestinely writing a novel about the Byzantine princess-historian Anna Comnena, disappears on a quest to learn more about an ancestor who roamed across Europe to Byzantium during the First Crusade. Kristeva's recurring characters, detective Northrop Rilsky and the French journalist Stephanie Delacour, step in and desperately try to piece together the two-part mystery in the midst of their unexpected love affair.".

Author : Nicholas N. Patricios
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0755693981
Total Pages : 1682 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sacred Architecture of Byzantium written by Nicholas N. Patricios and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 1682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The churches of the Byzantine era were built to represent heaven on earth. Architecture, art and liturgy were intertwined in them to a degree that has never been replicated elsewhere, and the symbolism of this relationship had deep and profound meanings. Sacred buildings and their spiritual art underpinned the Eastern liturgical rites, which in turn influenced architectural design and the decoration which accompanied it. Nicholas N Patricios here offers a comprehensive survey, from the age of Constantine to the fall of Constantinople, of the nexus between buildings, worship and art. His identification of seven distinct Byzantine church types, based on a close analysis of 370 church building plans, will have considerable appeal to Byzantinists, lay and scholarly. Beyond categorizing and describing the churches themselves, which are richly illustrated with photographs, plans and diagrams, the author interprets the sacred liturgy that took place within these holy buildings, tracing the development of the worship in conjunction with architectural advances made up to the 15th century. Focusing on buildings located in twenty-two different locations, this sumptuous book is an essential guide to individual features such as the synthronon, templon and ambo and also to the wider significance of Byzantine art and architecture.

Author : Barbara H. Rosenwein
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9781442601048
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of the Middle Ages written by Barbara H. Rosenwein and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Elegantly written and beautifully produced, this book is a treat for teachers and students alike. Rosenwein is a masterful storyteller; her book will inspire and delight." - Fiona Griffiths, New York University

Author : Claudia Rapp
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195389336
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brother-making in Late Antiquity and Byzantium written by Claudia Rapp and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exhaustive treatment of ritual brotherhood in Byzantium, this book challenges the 'Boswell Thesis' and argues that the ecclesiastical ritual to bless a relationship between two men bears no resemblance to marriage, but has its origins in early monasticism.

Author : Lars Brownworth
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307407969
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost to the West written by Lars Brownworth and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with unforgettable stories of emperors, generals, and religious patriarchs, as well as fascinating glimpses into the life of the ordinary citizen, Lost to the West reveals how much we owe to the Byzantine Empire that was the equal of any in its achievements, appetites, and enduring legacy. For more than a millennium, Byzantium reigned as the glittering seat of Christian civilization. When Europe fell into the Dark Ages, Byzantium held fast against Muslim expansion, keeping Christianity alive. Streams of wealth flowed into Constantinople, making possible unprecedented wonders of art and architecture. And the emperors who ruled Byzantium enacted a saga of political intrigue and conquest as astonishing as anything in recorded history. Lost to the West is replete with stories of assassination, mass mutilation and execution, sexual scheming, ruthless grasping for power, and clashing armies that soaked battlefields with the blood of slain warriors numbering in the tens of thousands.

Author : Barbara H. Rosenwein
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442606142
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of the Middle Ages, Volume I written by Barbara H. Rosenwein and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-02-14 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barbara H. Rosenwein's bestselling survey text continues to stand out by integrating the history of three medieval civilizations (European, Byzantine, and Islamic) in a lively narrative that is complemented beautifully by full-color plates, maps, and genealogies. The fourth edition begins with an essay entitled "Why the Middle Ages Matter Today," and the book now covers East Central Europe in some depth. New plates have been added along with a new "Seeing the Middle Ages" feature. The sections for further reading have been updated, and ancillary materials, including study questions, can be found on the History Matters website (www.utphistorymatters.com).

Author : Barbara H. Rosenwein
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442606134
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of the Middle Ages, Fourth Edition written by Barbara H. Rosenwein and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-02-14 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barbara H. Rosenwein's bestselling survey text continues to stand out by integrating the history of three medieval civilizations (European, Byzantine, and Islamic) in a lively narrative that is complemented beautifully by 70 full-color plates, 46 maps, and 13 genealogies, many of them new to this edition. The fourth edition begins with an essay entitled "Why the Middle Ages Matter Today," and the book now covers East Central Europe in some depth. This edition includes three "Seeing the Middle Ages" features, each discussing a work of art in depth: An Ivory Diptych of Christ and the Virgin, Saint Luke, Gospel Book of Otto III; and A Shrine Madonna. The sections for further reading have been updated, and ancillary materials, including study questions, can be found on the History Matters website (www.utphistorymatters.com).

Author : Andrew Dalby
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857717316
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tastes of Byzantium written by Andrew Dalby and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, the food and culinary delights of the Byzantine empire - centred on Constantinople - have captivated the west, although it appeared that very little information had been passed down to us. Andrew Dalby's "Tastes of Byzantium" now reveals in astonishing detail, for the first time, what was eaten in the court of the Eastern Roman Empire - and how it was cooked. Fusing the spices of the Romans with the seafood and simple local food of the Aegean and Greek world, the cuisine of the Byzantines was unique and a precursor to much of the food of modern Turkey and Greece. Bringing this vanished cuisine to life in vivid and sensual detail, Dalby describes the sights and smells of Constantinople and its marketplaces, relates travellers' tales and paints a comprehensive picture of the recipes and customs of the empire and their relationship to health and the seasons, love and medicine. For food-lovers and historians alike, "Tastes of Byzantium" is both essential and riveting - an extraordinary illumination of everyday life in the Byzantine world.