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The illustrations and their captions add to the educative value of this book: well chosen and beautifully reproduced, they help to illuminate many of the points made in the text. The numerous maps are also clear and instructive ... a useful tool for students and lay readers at all levels, although it could also serve as an elegant gift for the coffee table. (Sobornost (incorporating Eastern Churches Review) )
This is a book which succeeds in giving the reader an introduction to many different aspects of Byzantium and a sense of its long history and wide-spreading civilisation. (Anglo-Hellenic Review )
... fine collection of plates and maps. (Anglo-Hellenic Review )
... a high quality book of essays by a distinguished group of scholars covering the broad outlines of the period, together with interesting chapters on culture. (Anglo-Hellenic Review )
... essential reading for anyone who wants to look beyond the strictly 'classical' limits of our subject and in so doing to gain a greater insight into the medium through which the ancient cultures were transmitted to us. (JACT Review )
... consistently excellent level of scholarship ... surprisingly easy to read for a book of this type. Its accessibility is further enhanced both by the beautiful photographs which illuminate the text and which present a commendably broad range of images and by the seven 'special features' in which subjects such as Icons and Monasticism are singled out for focused attention. (JACT Review )
This handsome book, which comprises twelve essays on the history and culture of Byzantium written by a luminary array of Byzantine scholars from Britain and America, deserves a place in the Classics section of every school and university library. (JACT Review )
The essays are well worth reading for themselves, but taken together the reader can gain from them an excellent overall impression of the changing fortunes of Byzantium over its long and varied history. This is an attractively produced and readable book, beautifully illustrated and unencumbered by footnotes ... an appealing and enjoyable read, especially for non-specialists wanting convenient access to the whole chronological range of Byzantine history. (Averil Cameron, The Anglo-Hellenic Review )
Gives readers new insights based on the latest research ... The wealth of illustrations helps to bring this lost civilisation vividly back to life. (Contemporary Review )
A triumph... there is a deliberate attempt to get beyond the merely political to understand the deeper movements which sustained the empire. It deserves the warmest recommendation. (Charles Freeman, History Today )
Full of insight and interest, clearly written and beautifully presented, this splendid book helps to open up a window into an extraordinary age. (Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman, )
A remarkable achievement ... Highly recommended not only for scholars and students of Byzantium but also for interested general readers. (Robert J. Andrews, Library Journal )
This is a book which succeeds in giving the reader an introduction to many different aspects of Byzantium and a sense of its long history and wide-spreading civilisation. (Anglo-Hellenic Review )
... fine collection of plates and maps. (Anglo-Hellenic Review )
... a high quality book of essays by a distinguished group of scholars covering the broad outlines of the period, together with interesting chapters on culture. (Anglo-Hellenic Review )
... essential reading for anyone who wants to look beyond the strictly 'classical' limits of our subject and in so doing to gain a greater insight into the medium through which the ancient cultures were transmitted to us. (JACT Review )
... consistently excellent level of scholarship ... surprisingly easy to read for a book of this type. Its accessibility is further enhanced both by the beautiful photographs which illuminate the text and which present a commendably broad range of images and by the seven 'special features' in which subjects such as Icons and Monasticism are singled out for focused attention. (JACT Review )
This handsome book, which comprises twelve essays on the history and culture of Byzantium written by a luminary array of Byzantine scholars from Britain and America, deserves a place in the Classics section of every school and university library. (JACT Review )
The essays are well worth reading for themselves, but taken together the reader can gain from them an excellent overall impression of the changing fortunes of Byzantium over its long and varied history. This is an attractively produced and readable book, beautifully illustrated and unencumbered by footnotes ... an appealing and enjoyable read, especially for non-specialists wanting convenient access to the whole chronological range of Byzantine history. (Averil Cameron, The Anglo-Hellenic Review )
Gives readers new insights based on the latest research ... The wealth of illustrations helps to bring this lost civilisation vividly back to life. (Contemporary Review )
A triumph... there is a deliberate attempt to get beyond the merely political to understand the deeper movements which sustained the empire. It deserves the warmest recommendation. (Charles Freeman, History Today )
Full of insight and interest, clearly written and beautifully presented, this splendid book helps to open up a window into an extraordinary age. (Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman, )
A remarkable achievement ... Highly recommended not only for scholars and students of Byzantium but also for interested general readers. (Robert J. Andrews, Library Journal )
Anglo-Hellenic Review
"... fine collection of plates and maps."
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47 of 49 people found the following review helpful
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Excellent presentation, fantasic pictures, the clarity of the text was outstanding, all the authors are world renound experts in thier particular fields. The sections from Mango himself were a particular treat, brillianty written and as awlays he never assumes that the reader knows to much, or in some casese to little. The last section on the Paiologan dynasty, was as good, if not better than anything that Nicol could have written.The oxford history will once and for all cast off the shadow left by Gibbon. In short this is SUPERB. This is a book for specialists and those with only a passing intrest in the subject. BUY IT NOW
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Cyril Mango's experteese always guarantees the best result. This book, the Oxford History of Byzantium that he edited, is indeed very interesting and helpful.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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The good pictures are the only thing that I liked in this book. The book consists of essays written by different authors. That is why it lacks cohesion between the different parts. I also did not like the style of some of the essays. For example, the author mentions an emperor; two sentences about him; another emperor; again two/three sentences, etc.
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who asks for this for christmas lol..
my brother in law asked for this for his christmas present...mlol... oh well what ever floats his boat... good quality book.
Published 18 months ago by Sadie Ghinn-Morris
Almost perfect.
This book is intended for everybody who is interested in byzantine history,(maybe for an early student of byzantium as well)but not for specialists. Read more
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