| Description |
7 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (72 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.). |
| Series |
The Modern scholar |
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Modern scholar.
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| System Details |
Compact disc. |
| Bibliography |
Course guide includes bibliographic references. |
| Performer |
Thomas F. Madden, lecturer. |
| Summary |
A series of lectures on the history of the remarkable culture and state that developed out of the ancient Roman Empire, particularly its eastern portion, throughout the Middle Ages. Begins in the third century and continues over the next thousand years. |
| Contents |
Lecture 1. The emerging empire of New Rome, 284-457 -- Lecture 2. Justinian and the Reconquest of the West, 457-565 -- Lecture 3. The city of Constantinople: a guided tour of the greatest city in the Western World -- Lecture 4. The turn eastward, 565-717 -- Lecture 5. Survival, 717-867 -- Lecture 6. A golden age: the Macedonian Dynasty, 867-1025 -- Lecture 7. Weakness and wealth, 1025-1081 -- Lecture 8. The turn to the West: the Comnenan Dynasty, 1081-1180 -- Lecture 9. Decline, decay, and destruction, 1180-1204 -- Lecture 10. Struggle for Byzantium's corpse, 1204-1261 -- Lecture 11. The empire reborn, 1261-1328 -- Lecture 12. The final decline, 1328-1391 -- Lecture 13. The fall of Rome, 1391-1453 -- Lecture 14. Aftermath and legacy. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Byzantine Empire -- History -- Sound recordings.
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Rome -- History -- Sound recordings.
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Constantinople -- History -- Sound recordings.
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| ISBN |
1428132678 set |
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9781428132672 set |
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1428132686 course guide |
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9781428132689 course guide |
| Music No. |
UC094 Recorded Books |
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