Lost to the West : the forgotten Byzantine Empire that rescued Western civilization
Brownworth, Lars2010
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Edition:
1st pbk. ed.
Imprint:
New York : Crown Publishers, 2010.
Collation:
p. cm.
Notes:
"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Crown Publishers in 2009"--T.p. verso.Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Diocletian's revolutionConstantine and the Church ascendantThe pagan counterstrokeBarbarians and ChristiansA dreadful rumor from the WestThe fall of RomeThe rise of Peter SabbatiusNika!Of buildings and generalsYersinia pestisA Persian fireThe house of warThe image breakersThe crumbling empireThe turning tideThe glorious House of MacedonThe brilliant pretenderDeath and his nephewBasil the Bulgar slayerThe march of follyThe Comneni recoverySwords that drip with Christian bloodThe empire in exileThe brilliant sunsetThe eternal emperorEpilogue: Byzantine embers.
ISBN:
9780307407962
Dewey class:
949.502
Language:
English
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BRN:
2247990
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