A Companion to ByzantiumLiz James Using new methodological and theoretical approaches, A Companion to Byzantium presents an overview of the Byzantine world from its inception in 330 A.D. to its fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
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Contents
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PART II God and the World | 147 |
PART III Reading Byzantine Texts | 225 |
PART IV Some Questions in Material Culture | 289 |
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