Understanding Byzantium: Studies in Byzantine Historical Sources - Couverture rigide

Sarolta, Takacs; Speck, Paul

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 113870976X ISBN 13 : 9781138709768

Editeur : Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

This book was first published in 2003.Paul Speck's work is acknowledged to be of profound importance for the study of the history and culture of the Byzantine world. If at times controversial, it has proved highly influential in terms of the approaches to be taken to historical and literary sources. For many, however, it has remained largely inaccessible in its original German. To help overcome this, the selection of studies presented here have been specially translated into English. Taken together, they make a substantial contribution to a critical understanding of Byzantine writing, and to an interpretation of history free from prejudice and stereotyped conceptions. Their coverage extends from the foundation of Constantinople to current perceptions of Byzantine history, but they focus in particular on the period from the 6th to the 9th centuries - the 'Dark Ages' and the Byzantine renaissance - and the transformation of Byzantium that then took place.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Edited by Sarolta Takacs, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Professor Paul Speck.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 113870976X
• ISBN 13: 9781138709768
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 316
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible