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Mango, Cyril A.

BYZANTIUM The Empire of New Rome Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981

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Year of publication
1981
Author
Mango, Cyril A.
Publishers
Charles Scribner's Sons
Keyword
Europe History Germany Medieval World Classical Greek & Roman, Late Antiquity Medieval Mediaeval
Cover description
Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
Binding description
Hardcover ISBN 0684167689

Description

Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. DJ is price-clipped. ; In this authoritative survey, Professor Mango exposes the shortcomings of the surviving historical records of Byzantine civilization on which previous studies have too frequently depended. Adopting an original approach, he rectifies the bias of such accounts by concentrating especially on the point of view of the 'average' Byzantine rather than the intellectual. He considers Byzantine life from a thematic perspective, covering such fundamental aspects as people and languages, society and economy, the disappearance and revival of cities, dissidents, monasticism, education, accepted ideas about good and evil, the physical universe, history and the ideal life and the Byzantine cultural legacy - literature, art, and architecture. ; History of Civilization; 334 pages