The Embassy to Constantinople and Other Writings - Couverture souple

Liudprand, Bishop Of Cremona; Liudprand Of Cremona

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0460872354 ISBN 13 : 9780460872355

Editeur : Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 1993

Synopsis

This book is part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins and easy-to-read type and includes an introduction and a chronology of the author. It contains the complete works of the story-teller Liudprand of Cremona. Beginning with the "Chronicle of Otto's Reign", these are the works of a behind-the-scenes kingmaker - it was Liudprand of Cremona who engineered Otto's coronation as Emperor of the West. As an insider of Otto's Court, he was sent on an ill-fated "Embassy to Constantinople" to arrange a dynastic marriage, and his account of the grotesque Byzantine Emperor, the court and city is vivid, comic and gossipy. His history of Europe between 887 and 979 in the "Antipodosis" concludes this summary of an era.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0460872354
• ISBN 13: 9780460872355
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Éditeur: Norwich John Julius
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible