Byzantium unbound / Anthony Kaldellis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaldellis, Anthony, author.

Series:

Past imperfect (ARC Humanities Press)

Past imperfect

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byzantine Empire--Civilization.

Byzantine Empire.

Civilization.

Byzantine Empire--History.

History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 103 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, [2019]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

For a civilization that preserved its existence and integrity against overwhelming odds and contributed in captivating ways to the diversity of human culture, Byzantium is strangely one of the most maligned and misunderstood civilizations of the past. The way in which history has been carved up into periods has worked to its disadvantage, and Byzantium has been artificially cut off from its Roman roots. This book proposes a long view of Byzantium, one that begins in the early Roman empire and extends all the way to the modern period. It is a provocative thought-experiment which posits Byzantium as the most stable and enduring form of Greco-Roman society, forming a sturdy bridge between antiquity and the early modern period, as well as between East and West, and which sees the ancient Greek, Roman, and Christian traditions as flowing together. It offers a Byzantium unbound by other cultures and fields of study that would artificially cut it down to size

Contents:

A history of Byzantinophobia

Thinking historically with Byzantium

Byzantium for classicists

Byzantium was not medieval.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-103)

Description based on print version record

Other Format:

Print version: Kaldellis, Anthony. Byzantium unbound.

ISBN:

9781641892001

1641892005

OCLC:

1121653920

Publisher Number:

10.2307/j.ctvpb3x5p

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.