Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700 - Couverture rigide

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Sarris, Peter

 
9780199261260: Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700
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ISBN 10 : 0199261261 ISBN 13 : 9780199261260
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Drawing upon the latest historical and archaeological research, Dr Peter Sarris provides a panoramic account of the history of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East from the fall of Rome to the rise of Islam. The formation of a new social and economic order in western Europe in the fifth, sixth, and seventh centuries, and the ascendancy across the West of a new culture of military lordship, are placed firmly in the context of on-going connections and influence radiating outwards from the surviving Eastern Roman Empire, ruled from the great imperial capital of Constantinople. The East Roman (or 'Byzantine') Emperor Justinian's attempts to revive imperial fortunes, restore the empire's power in the West, and face down Constantinople's great superpower rival, the Sasanian Empire of Persia, are charted, as too are the ways in which the escalating warfare between Rome and Persia paved the way for the development of new concepts of 'holy war', the emergence of Islam, and the Arab conquests of the Near East. Processes of religious and cultural change are explained through examination of social, economic, and military upheavals, and the formation of early medieval European society is placed in a broader context of changes that swept across the world of Eurasia from Manchuria to the Rhine.

Warfare and plague, holy men and kings, emperors, shahs, caliphs, and peasants all play their part in a compelling narrative suited to specialist, student, and general readership alike.

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À propos de l?auteur

Peter Sarris was born in St Albans and educated at St. Albans School and Balliol College, Oxford, where he specialized in Medieval and Byzantine history. After Balliol, he was elected to a Prize Fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, and is currently Senior Lecturer in Late Roman, Early Medieval, and Byzantine History at the University of Cambridge, where he is a Fellow of Trinity College. He has lectured and published widely on early medieval and Byzantine history both in the UK and abroad, and has appeared on historical programmes on television and radio and written on archaeological matters for The Times.


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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0199261261
ISBN 13 
9780199261260
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Nombre de pages
446
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9780199675357: EMPIRES OF FAITH:FALL OF ROME TO THE RISE OF ISLAM, 500-700 OHMEDE:NCS PAPER: The Fall Of Rome To The Rise Of Islam, 500-700 (Oxford History Of Medieval Europe)

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ISBN 10 :  019967535X ISBN 13 :  9780199675357
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2013
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