Byzantium: The Early Centuries
 This Book Is One Big Reason I Went To Istanbul (and Loved It): If I'd never read a page of John Julius Norwich's work, I would have saved a lot of money. This isn't a complaint, merely a fact. Granted, as a history buff who has caught the travel bug, I [... more]
$49.95
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Byzantium: The Decline and Fall
A brilliant conclusion to a masterpiece: Norwich's final volume in his sweeping history of the Byzantine Empire is bitter-sweet. As Norwich himself recognizes in his introduction, when he concluded writing it, it was as if he was saying farewell to an [... more]
$49.95
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The Fall of Constantinople 1453 (Canto)
Book Description: While their victory ensured the Turks' survival, the conquest of Constantinople marked the end of Byzantine civilization for the Greeks, by triggering the scholarly exodus that caused an influx of Classical studies into the European [... more]
$19.99
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The Alexiad (Penguin Classics)
Putting the "Byzantine" in Byzantine Politics: In this history the Emperor Alexius comes across as a sort of medievil Lee Iacoca or Carlos Gohsn, who through very delicate wheeling and dealing manages to bring back a floundering empire from the [... more]
$17.00
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The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (3-Volume Set)
Great!: I am Byzantine history buff, and after looking through this set in a college library, I decided to get it for myself. I plan eventually to read most of it. A feature I like is the inclusion of brief histories of important cities of the empire and [... more]
$425.00
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Byzantium (II): The Apogee
Another first-rate political history of Byzantium: In _Byzantium: the Apogee_, Norwich continues his excellent history of the Eastern Roman empire, beginning with the regin of Empress Irene (775 - 810) and concluding with the defeat of the Byzantines at [... more]
$49.95
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John Lydus and the Roman Past: Antiquarianism and ...
Interesting, insightful monograph: This book is a scholarly treatment of the works of John the Lydian, a mid-level bureaucrat in the court of the Roman Emperor Justinian, AD 527 through 565. John is known from three extant works: De Magistratibus (On the [... more]
$125.00
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Byzantine Empresses: Women and Power in Byzantium AD ...
Author: Lynda Garland Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 949.50099 EAN: 9780415146883 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0415146887 Number Of Pages: 343 Publication Date: 1999-02-12 [... more]
$140.00
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From Rome to Byzantium: The Fifth Century AD
Amazon.com Review: Michael Grant, the noted classical historian, opens his newest book by observing that while most classicists can name the Roman emperors in chronological order, few can say anything about Byzantium other than that it was founded by [... more]
$110.00
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Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural ...
Changing of power: Nicol describes in a most accurate way the changing relations between Byzantium and Venice. Venice started of as one of the last remaining part of the Byzantine Empire in the North of Italy. Nicol shows how Venice gained it [... more]
$58.00
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Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests
Book Description: The Byzantine empire lost many of its most valuable provinces to Islamic conquerors in the seventh century, including Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Armenia. This study investigates the eve of the conquests, as well as how the [... more]
$45.00
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The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and his Reign: A Study of ...
Book Description: Originally published in 1929, with a hardcover reissue in 1963, this study of the usurping Byzantium emperor is released again in response to the current revival of interest in Byzantium studies. Romanus Lecapenus Rise to Power: This [... more]
$50.00
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