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100 1  Harris, Jonathan,|eauthor. 
245 14 The Lost World of Byzantium /|cJonathan Harris. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bYale University 
       Press (Ignition),|c[2015] 
264  4 |c©2015 
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520    The acclaimed author of Byzantium and the Crusades "offers
       a fresh take on this fabled but hidden civilization" 
       across 11 centuries of history (Colin Wells, author of 
       Sailing from Byzantium ). For more than a millennium, the 
       Byzantine Empire presided over the juncture between East 
       and West, as well as the transition from the classical to 
       the modern world. Rather than recounting the standard 
       chronology of emperors and battles, leading Byzantium 
       scholar Jonathan Harris focuses each chapter of this 
       engaging history on a succession of archetypal figures, 
       families, places, and events. Harris's introduction 
       presents a civilization rich in contrasts, combining 
       orthodox Christianity with paganism, and classical Greek 
       learning with Roman power. Though frequently assailed by 
       numerous armies, Byzantium survived by dint of its 
       unorthodox foreign policy. Over time, its sumptuous art 
       and architecture flourished, helping to establish a deep 
       sense of Byzantine identity in its people. Synthesizing a 
       wealth of sources to cover all major aspects of the 
       empire's social, political, military, religious, cultural,
       and artistic history, Harris's study illuminates the heart
       of Byzantine civilization and explores its remarkable and 
       lasting influence on the modern world. 
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