What is the best book to read, to learn about the Byzantine Empire?
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I went on a short journey, and I did find a book for you, but more importantly... I found the best website also!
There is a site called Byzantine Books.com
http://storesonline.com/members/byzantinebooks/main.html
My first thought on your questions was "Gee... this era covers so many cultures and square miles. Is there something more specific you'd like to know about this period?"
At this site, you can explore and find just about any book on any subject (music, writing, religion, philosophy, etc..)
I did find this book:
The Byzantines
University of Chicago Press
edited by Guglielmo Cavallo
It's in paperback and only about $20.
http://storesonline.com/members/byzantinebooks/A0102.html
It gives a nice and rounded outline of the people of the Byzantine period, without sounding like a text book.
Enjoy!
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I found this book on Amazon, and I thought you may find it useful. :)
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Synopsis
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This revised edition of a classic study presents the history of the Byzantine Empire from the sixth to the fifteenth century, not merely in terms of political events, but also through the art, literature, and thought of Byzantine society. It emphasizes the constant tension between continuity and change, between conservation of the traditions of the Roman Empire of Augustus and Trajan and the Christian Roman Empire of Constantine and his successors on the one hand, and on the other, the need to react positively to the loss of the Latin-speaking West and the successive challenges offered by the Arab conquest, the Crusades, and the inexorable expansion of the Ottoman Empire.
# ISBN: 0813207541
# ISBN-13: 9780813207544
# Format: Textbook Paperback, 310pp
# Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
# Pub. Date: July 1992
# Edition Description: REV
# Edition Number: 1
# Sales Rank: 288,679
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M$
If you are the least interested in history, this two volume series can not be put down.
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University presses are the first choice. However, the next consideration is which university press. University of Kansas is known for publishing outstanding books on certain tops, University of Berkeley Press on others. Here where the topic is more about a "classical" period of history, I would go with the University of Chicago Press book, The Byzantines by Cavallo.
I do have something to offer though: an animated map that covers Middle East geopolitics. Somewhere in the middle you'll see the Byzantine Empire spreading outward, quite large in its day.
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M$But if you want to know the most important things.
I am currently in a world history class,
Also is this for a class or for personal study?
Shields World history class
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Just personal study
Well then i suggest that you get the above book. Its interesting and i think that you might want to know how rome got to what it is during the byzantine empire.
You should already know that Persia has had an ongoing war. Athens/Sparta. Sparta being the best ground melee, and Athens great warriors on the sea. The battle of marathon is the battle where Sparta used great tactics to take out the Persians. They surrounded them, And its said that as they were trying to get on the boats that the Persians hands were being chopped off because of them trying to get on there boats to escape. We also know that legend says that " A runner ran 26 miles into athens and yelled NIKE!" Seems practical huh? Now the Latins a little more above greece ran to italy to start rome. You will also learn about rimlus and romulus who are legend says founders or kings of rome. Rome gets its name from romulus whom killed his brother. thats the most i have learned from the book itself and thats a lot of information. Its quick it gets to the point and not just a normal fact and question book, but somthing simple.
The Byzantine Empire by Robert Browning
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A Short History of Byzantium(Paperback)
by John Julius Norwich $12.21 (from the excerpts it seems to be an easy read)
Sailing from Byzantium: How a Lost Empire Shaped the World by Colin Wells (Paperback - Jul 31, 2007) $11.20
Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by Judith Herrin (Paperback - Sep 24, 2009) $13.57
hope this helps
best regards
amazon.com
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Glorious, what a great recommendation, I'll also have to look closely into that website.