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A History of the Eastern Roman Empire: From the Fall of Irene to the Accession of Basil I.; (A. D. 802-867)

A History of the Eastern Roman Empire: From the Fall of Irene to the Accession of Basil I.; (A. D. 802-867)

B. Bury, J.

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ISBN10: 9353609283
ISBN13: 9789353609283
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 25 2019
Pages: 548
Weight: 1.52
Height: 1.22 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Behind the gilded mosaics of Constantinople, the Eastern Roman Empire fights to stay whole. Power, faith, and imperial survival. J. B. Bury's A History of the Eastern Roman Empire traces ninth century Byzantium from the fall of Irene to the accession of Basil I (A.D. 802-867), a decisive era of eastern roman emperors, brittle successions, and hard-won frontiers. Written as an academic historical monograph yet driven by clear narrative, it offers scholarly byzantine history for readers who want the machinery of byzantine imperial politics: the constantinople imperial court, factions, diplomacy, and the long shadow of iconoclasm controversy history. Bury follows policy as it meets crisis, from church disputes to byzantine military campaigns, making this medieval history nonfiction both absorbing and exacting. Bury writes with an historian's discipline, weighing evidence to turn chronicles, theology, and administration into a coherent record. Reform and ceremony are treated as working parts of rule, not mere colour. Long valued as a byzantine history reference book and a byzantine empire chronicle, Bury's study helped set the standard for modern study of Byzantium and remains richly useful for college course reading. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure, ideal for the curious general reader and for classic-history collectors who prize authoritative works that still speak with force. It suits the serious shelf, and the curious reader tracing Rome's medieval afterlife in the eastern Mediterranean.

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