THE LOST WORLD OF BYZANTIUM

For more than a millennium, the Byzantine Empire presided over the juncture between East and West, as well as the transition from th e classical to the modern world. Jonathan Harris, a leading scholar of Byzantium, eschews the usual run-through of emperors and batt les and instead recounts the empires extraordinary history by focusing each chronological chapter on an archetypal figure, family, place, or event. Harriss action-packed introduction presents a civilization rich in contrasts, combining orthodox Christianity with paganism, ...[Read more]