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John Julius Norwich.
Byzantium: The Apogee.
London: BCA, 1991 (book club edition, reprints the Penguin edition).
ISBN-13: 9780670802524.
Hardback, stitch bound.
Printed by Clays Ltd., St Ives.
162x240x38mm.
xxv,389 plus 32pp.
Main language: English.
Generally good condition: some general wear to the dustjacket, especially at the edges and corners; a bash to the lower corner of the pages from approx. p. 341 onwards; text appears to be free of marking.This item £10.00
[Penguin paperback in print at £12.99]
963g.
Contents: Krum (800-14); Return of iconoclasm (814-29); Theophilus (829-42); Images restored (842-56); Of patriarchs & plots (857-66); Double murder (866-7); Basil the Macednonian (867-86); Leo the Wise (886-912); Rise of Romanus (912-20); Gentle usurper (920-48); Scholar emperor (945-63); White death of the Saracens (963-9); John Tzimisces (969-76); The young Basil (976-89); Bulgar-Slayer (989-1025); The decline begins (1025-41); End of the Paphlagonians (1041-2); Constantine Monomachus & the schism (1042-55); Prelude to catastrophe (1055-9); Manzikert (1059-81).
Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: 16 pages of colour plates and 16 of monochrome
Maps & plans: 4
Genealogies: 4
Chronologies: list of emperors, Muslim sultans, patriarchs, popes
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 7pp
Index: yes
See also: | Byzantine studies |
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