Originally published in 1957 and as a fourth edition in 1970 this is an accessible history of Byzantium from Constantine the Great to its final conquest by the Ottoman Turks in 1453
Originally published in 1957 and as a fourth edition in 1970 this is an accessible history of Byzantium from Constantine the Great to its final conquest by the Ottoman Turks in 1453. Despite internal dissensions and the almost perpetual threat of outside attack, Byzantium maintained a remarkable continuity in its cosmopolitan and cultural life: its religious, intellectual and artistic achievements were an inspiration both to the Slavonic peoples and to western Europe
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Original Reviews of The Byzantine World:
A balanced historical account, in which every aspect of Byzantine culture is touched onthroughout one senses the authors intimate acquaintance with the primary sources. The Times Literary Supplement
A work of admirable lucidity and compressioncontains a wealth of experience out of proportion to its size. The Economist.
1.The Byzantine Empire Takes Shape 324717
2. The Medieval Roman Empire
7171056
3. Fundamental Changes 10251204
4. The Impact of East and West
12041453
5. Church and State: The Imperial Government
6. The Orthodox
Church: The Christian Life and The Laity
7. The Monastic World: The Religious
Vocation
8. Everyday Life
9. Learning and Literature: The Different
Traditions
10. Byzantine Art
11. Byzantium and Its Neighbours
J. M. Hussey (19072006) was Professor of History at the University of London
