Constantinople : capital of Byzantium
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Constantinople : capital of Byzantium
Continuum, 2007
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-275) and index
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: pbk ISBN 9780826430861
Description
This book examines the intriguing interaction between the spiritual and the political whilst reconstructs the awe-inspiring city in its heyday of 1200. During the early Middle Ages, travellers to the East returned with stories of a place called Miklagarth, a city so vast that its churches, palaces and monasteries covered the land and so rich that its ruler could scatter bagfuls of gold among his astonished guests. This was no legend or tall tale because Miklagarth was a real place. Better known as Constantinople, it was the capital city of the empire of Byzantium and a major political force in the eastern Mediterranean for over a thousand years. The mythical aura that surrounded Constantinople was no accident. It was assiduously cultivated by the Byzantine emperors to bolster their power, wealth and prestige. Jonathan Harris examines the intriguing interaction between the mythical and the actual to reconstruct the city at the peak of its power.
Table of Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. The City of Wonders
- 2. Founding Fathers
- 3. Defence
- 4. Palaces and Power
- 5. Churches and Monasteries
- 6. 'Two Thirds of the Wealth in this World'
- 7. Democracy
- 8. The Beginning of the End
- 9. The Ruin of Byzantine Constantinople
- 10. Epilogue: Byzantine Constantinople Today
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Volume
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: hbk ISBN 9781847251794
Description
During the early Middle Ages, travellers to the East returned with stories of a place called Miklagarth, a city so vast that its churches, palaces and monasteries covered the land and so rich that its ruler could scatter bagfuls of gold among his astonished guests. This was no legend or tall tale for Miklagarth was a real place. Better known as Constantinople, it was the capital city of the empire of Byzantium and a major political force in the eastern Mediterranean for over a thousand years. The mythical aura that surrounded Constantinople was no accident. It was assiduously cultivated by the Byzantine emperors to bolster their power, wealth and prestige. Jonathan Harris examines the intriguing interaction between the spiritual and the political, the mythical and the actual and reconstructs the awe-inspiring city in its heyday in 1200.
Table of Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. The City of Wonders
- 2. Founding Fathers
- 3. Defence
- 4. Palaces and Power
- 5. Churches and Monasteries
- 6. 'Two Thirds of the Wealth in this World'
- 7. Democracy
- 8. The Beginning of the End
- 9. The Ruin of Byzantine Constantinople
- 10. Epilogue: Byzantine Constantinople Today
- Bibliography
- Index.
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