Byzantium, the Empire of New RomeExamining Byzantine life from the point of view of the average citizen, a noted historian deals with language, social and economic conditions, the disappearance and revival of cities, education, monasticism, and the Byzantine literary, artistic, and architectural legacy |
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User Review - davidpwithun - LibraryThingThis is yet another book on Byzantium with which I've been unimpressed, to say the least. Mango's work suffers from many problems, not the least of which are dry didactic style, his over-reliance on ... Read full review
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User Review - ramblingivy - LibraryThingThis was my first foray into Byzantine history, and I found Mango's book quite heavy-going. It assumes that the reader will already have some familiarity with Byzantine society and, for this reason ... Read full review
Contents
Peoples and Languages | 13 |
Justinian is Empire c 560 | 14 |
Society and Economy | 32 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Byzantium, the Empire of New Rome History of civilization |
| Author | Cyril A. Mango |
| Publisher | Scribner, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 4, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0684167689, 9780684167688 |
| Length | 334 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General |
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