Byzantium and the Modern Greek Identity

Ricks D. and Magdalino P.

ISBN 10: 0860786137 / ISBN 13: 9780860786139

Published by Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot - Brookfield, 1998

X - 188 pp. Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot - Brookfield 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex. library of the Library of the Ghent University: usual labels, stamps and numbers. Some underlining, but a nice copy in near fine original cloth. Seller Inventory # 011821

Synopsis:

Perhaps because of the fact that modern Greece is, through the Orthodox Church, inextricably linked with the Byzantine heritage, the precise meaning of this heritage, in its various aspects, has hitherto been surprisingly little discussed by scholars. This collection of specially commissioned essays aims to present an overview of some of the different, and often conflicting, tendencies manifested by modern Greek attitudes to Byzantium since the late eighteenth-century Enlightenment. The aim is to show just how formative views of Byzantium have been for modern Greek life and letters: for historiography and imaginative literature, on the one hand, and on the other, for language, law, and the definition of a culture. All Greek has been translated, and the volume is aimed at Byzantinists and Neohellenists alike.

About the Author: David Ricks, Paul Magdalino

Bibliographic Details

Title: Byzantium and the Modern Greek Identity
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot - Brookfield
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition