Byzantium

This history follows the Eastern Roman Empire from Constantine's new city on the Bosphorus to the Ottoman conquest of 1453. Herrin treats court and church, the Greek language of administration, iconoclasm, the loss and recovery of provinces, and the city's role as a hinge between Europe and Asia. Emperors, patriarchs, and ordinary households appear, but the argument is about how a Christian Roman state lasted so long. The book is a civilisation study of Byzantium, not a biography of any one emperor.

New. 28 pages of colour plates, 6 maps plus 21 integrated black & white images, including full-and double-page spreads. Ribbon page marker. Bound dark blue cloth printed and blocked on both covers with a colour picture. Blue slipcase gilt blocked on front with an icon.