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OverviewIn this book the author contends-and this is not a very widely held view-that Byzantium deserves to be considered an influential part of the broader development of Europe, even though its borders also reached out to the vast territories of Anatolia and the Caucasus, and to the eastern Mediterranean. The long twelfth century, from the seizure of the throne by Alexius I Comnenus in 1081, to the sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204, is a period recognized as fostering the most brilliant cultural development in Byzantine history, especially its literary production. It was a time of intense creativity as well as of rising tensions, and one for which literary approaches are a lively area in current scholarship. The study focuses on the prose dialogues in Greek from this period-of very varying kinds-and on what they can tell us about the society and culture of the era when western Europe was itself developing a new culture of schools, universities, and scholars. Yet it was also the period in which Byzantium felt the fateful impact of the Crusades, which ended with the momentous sack of Constantinople in 1204. Despite revisionist attempts to play down the extent of this disaster, it was a blow from which, arguably, the Byzantines never fully recovered. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Averil Cameron (Chair, Oxford Centre of Byzantine Research (OCBR))Publisher: Central European University Press Imprint: Central European University Press Volume: 8 Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 20.00cm Weight: 0.327kg ISBN: 9789633861110ISBN 10: 963386111 Pages: 252 Publication Date: 01 January 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Inside Byzantium Chapter 2. Latins and Greeks Chapter 3. Jews and Muslims Conclusions. Bringing it Together Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationAveril Cameron is Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine History at the University of Oxford Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |