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  • Byzantium

    The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire

    by Judith Herrin ...
    A captivating account of the legendary empire that made Western civilization possibleByzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism—gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization. Avoiding a standard chronological account of the Byzantine Empire's millennium—long history, she identifies the fundamental questions about ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Ravenna

    Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe

    by Judith Herrin ...
    A riveting history of the city that led the West out of the ruins of the Roman EmpireAt the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled concentration of buildings and astonishing mosaics. For ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Unrivalled Influence

    Women and Empire in Byzantium

    by Judith Herrin ...
    Unrivalled Influence explores the exceptional roles that women played in the vibrant cultural and political life of medieval Byzantium. Written by one of the world's foremost historians of the Byzantine millennium, this landmark book evokes the complex and exotic world of Byzantium's women, from empresses and saints to uneducated rural widows. Drawing on a diverse range of sources, Judith Herrin ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Women in Purple

    Rulers of Medieval Byzantium

    by Judith Herrin ...
    In the eighth and ninth centuries, three Byzantine empresses—Irene, Euphrosyne, and Theodora—changed history. Their combined efforts restored the veneration of icons, saving Byzantium from a purely symbolic and decorative art and ensuring its influence for centuries to come.In this exhilarating and highly entertaining account, one of the foremost historians of the medieval period tells the story ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Margins and Metropolis

    Authority across the Byzantine Empire

    by Judith Herrin ...
    This volume explores the political, cultural, and ecclesiastical forces that linked the metropolis of Byzantium to the margins of its far-flung empire. Focusing on the provincial region of Hellas and Peloponnesos in central and southern Greece, Judith Herrin shows how the prestige of Constantinople was reflected in the military, civilian, and ecclesiastical officials sent out to govern the ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The Formation of Christendom

    by Judith Herrin ...
    Series series Princeton Classics
    A groundbreaking history of how the Christian “West” emerged from the ancient Mediterranean worldIn this acclaimed history of Early Christendom, Judith Herrin shows how—from the sack of Rome in 410 to the coronation of Charlemagne in 800—the Christian “West” grew out of an ancient Mediterranean world divided between the Roman west, the Byzantine east, and the Muslim south. Demonstrating that ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Personification in the Greek World

    From Antiquity to Byzantium

    by Judith Herrin ...
    Series series Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College London
    Personification, the anthropomorphic representation of any non-human thing, is a ubiquitous feature of ancient Greek literature and art. Natural phenomena (earth, sky, rivers), places (cities, countries), divisions of time (seasons, months, a lifetime), states of the body (health, sleep, death), emotions (love, envy, fear), and political concepts (victory, democracy, war) all appear in human, ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Ravenna

    Its role in earlier medieval change and exchange

    by Judith Herrin, Jinty Nelson ...
    Series series IHR Conference Series
    In the long-debated transition from late antiquity to the early middle ages, the city of Ravenna presents a story rich and strange. From the fourth century onwards it suffered decline in economic terms. Yet its geographical position, its status as an imperial capital, and above all its role as a connecting point between East and West, ensured that it remained an intermittent attraction for early ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Identities and Allegiances in the Eastern Mediterranean after 1204

    Edited by Judith Herrin, Guillaume Saint-Guillain ...
    This volume of studies explores a particularly complex period in Byzantine history, the thirteenth century, from the Fourth Crusade to the recapture of Constantinople by exiled leaders from Nicaea. During this time there was no Greek state based on Constantinople and so no Byzantine Empire by traditional definition. Instead, a Venetian/Frankish alliance ruled from the capital, while many smaller ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Byzantium

    The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire

    by Judith Herrin ...
    Narrated by Phyllida Nash ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 14 min

    A classic book now available on audioWith narration by Phyllida Nash, who gives a captivating account of the legendary empire that made the modern Western world possibleByzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism—gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization. Avoiding a standard chronological account of the Byzantine ... Read more

    $29.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Imago Dei

    The Byzantine Apologia for Icons

    by Jaroslav Pelikan ...
    Series series Bollingen Series
    A sweeping account of the controversies surrounding the worship of images in the early Byzantine churchIn 726, the Byzantine emperor, Leo III, issued an edict that all religious images in the empire were to be destroyed, a directive that was later endorsed by a synod of the church in 753 under his son, Constantine V. If the policy of Iconoclasm had succeeded, the entire history of Christian art ... Read more

    $41.79 USD

  • Audiobook

    Ravenna

    Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe

    by Judith Herrin ...
    Narrated by Phyllida Nash ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 3 min

    This riveting audiobook narrated by Phyllida Nash traces the history of the city that led the West out of the ruins of the Roman EmpireAt the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled ... Read more

    $21.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook