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People and Power in Byzantium

People and Power in Byzantium An Introduction to Modern Byzantine Studies - Dumbarton Oaks Studies

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Publisher's Synopsis

This introduction to modern Byzantine studies seeks to understand the pressures that shaped Byzantine culture and people, including not only the powerful but also the poor, humble, and uneducated. Investigating the past in all its complexity and contradictions, Alexander Kazhdan and Giles Constable approach Homo byzantinus from various perspectives-position in society, relation to power, attitudes toward material environment, self-image, and image of God-to show what was distinctive about the people of the Byzantine Empire and their civilization. People and Power in Byzantium challenges Byzantinists to ask new questions and introduce new methods and perspectives in order to understand how Byzantine society worked and how this understanding can help in appreciating the modern world.

About the Publisher

Dumbarton Oaks

Founded in 1913, Harvard University Press is the publisher of such classic works as John Rawls's A Theory of Justice, E. O. Wilson's On Human Nature, and Helen Vendler's Dickinson. The Press continues to be a leading publisher of convergent works in the sciences, humanities, and social sciences, while also taking bold steps in exciting new directions, from innovative partnerships, to a diverse translation program, to an expanded commitment to facilitating scholarly conversation around the globe.

Book information

ISBN: 9780884024613
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Imprint: Dumbarton Oaks
Pub date:
DEWEY: 949.502
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 240
Weight: -1g
Height: 229mm
Width: 153mm