History of the Byzantine State

Ostrogorsky, George

ISBN 10: 0813505992 / ISBN 13: 9780813505992

Published by Rutgers University Press, 1969

About this Item

Gray hard covers with black cloth spine. Gold lettering on spine is bright. Covers exhibit light soiling and wear to edges, covers, hinges and spine ends. Moderate foxing and soiling to page ends. Text and the many b&w illustrations are clean and unmarked. Hinges are tight. Illustrated dj is in a protective mylar cover with light shelf wear and soiling. Details the thousand year course of the Byzantine Empire with the emphasis on political development. There is also consideration given to social, esthetic and religious factors. All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-library unless explicitly described as such.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: History of the Byzantine State
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813505992
• ISBN 13: 9780813505992
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

A scholarly survey of the thousand-year history of the Byzantine Empire

From the Back Cover

With clarity and logic, George Ostrogorsky succinctly traces the intricate thousand-year course of the Byzantine Empire. While his emphasis is on political development, he gives extensive consideration to social, esthetic, economic, and ecclesiastical factors as well. He also illuminates the Empire's links with classical antiquity, as well as its effects on contemporaneous and subsequent European and Near Eastern history. The author captures the full sweep, the grandeur, and the tragic course of Byzantium's rise and fall, backed by the scholarship and authority of a lifetime devoted to its study.

Long recognized as the basic history of the Byzantine Empire, this masterful work incorporates the results of the vast expansion in Byzantine research in recent years. This edition has been completely retranslated by Professor Joan Hussey form the third German edition. The text and annotation have been expanded by over seventy pages, with more than double the number of illustrations, and additional reference tables and lists.