History of the Byzantine State

Ostrogorsky, George

ISBN 10: 0813511984 / ISBN 13: 9780813511986

Published by Rutgers Univ Pr, New brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A., 1995

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624 pp., 76 fig., 2 maps The revised edition of this well-known book contains 8 colour maps. Ex Clean.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: History of the Byzantine State
• Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr, New brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813511984
• ISBN 13: 9780813511986
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket - Wraps
• Seller catalogs:
  • History

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Synopsis

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 effect 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 from 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.

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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.