Oxford History of Byzantium, Hardback - ***

Byzantium linked the ancient and modern worlds, shaping traditions and handing down to both Eastern and Western civilization a vibrant legacy. 'The...

The remarkable 1, 000-year history of one of the world's greatest and most misunderstood empiresPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): John Hal...

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionAuthor(s): Jake RansohoffNumber of pages: 400Collection: ExtravagantesPublication date: 2022...

This work stresses the ancient, rooted nature of Irish culture, but also looks beyond received ideas of Irish history to explore the patterns of fr...

This introduction to the Byzantine civilisation provides a guide for those who know nothing or little about the history of Byzantium.

This new history of over 5, 000 years of African art reveals its true diversity for the first time. Challenging centuries of misconceptions that ha...

The Oxford History of the Reformation is the story of one of the truly epochal events in world history, and how it helped create the world we live ...

Reducere. Description"Great tidbits or obscure, entertaining facts can be found on any given page." --Library Journal For thousands of years, board games hav...

This comprehensive examination of eighteenth and nineteenth-century architecture explores its extreme diversity within the context of tremendous so...

Reducere. Description"Great tidbits or obscure, entertaining facts can be found on any given page." --Library Journal For thousands of years, board games hav...

This is the most authoritative account of life in Medieval Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the coming of the Renaissance. Full cove...

In less than fifty-three years, Rome subjected most of the known world to its rule. This authoritative and compelling work tells the story of the r...

DescriptionSince its first publication to mark the bicentenary of the French Revolution in 1989, this Oxford History has established itself as the ...

A fascinating and highly original history of the city and culture that was the bulwark of the West for a thousand years. Once a byword for imperial...

From the epic poems of Homer to the glittering art and architecture of Greece's Golden Age, to the influential Roman systems of law and leadership,...

Explores the history of China from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) to the present day. Essential reading for anyone who wants to under...

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionAuthor(s): Anthony KaldellisIllustration(s): 1 tableNumber of pages: 324Collection: Suppleme...

Publisher: Cambridge University PressAuthor(s): Mary B. (University of Nottingham) CunninghamIllustration(s): Worked examples or ExercisesNumber of...

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionAuthor(s): Margaret MullettNumber of pages: 342Collection: Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposia...

This volume is devoted to life-writing in English from 1945 to the present day, a period in which life-writing became an increasingly popular and a...

Reducere. A new edition of this best-selling history of Britain, from Roman times, now updated to cover the first decade of the 21st century. The Oxford Hist...

Reducere. Aside from Hagia Sophia, the monuments of the Byzantine East are poorly understood today. This is in sharp contrast to the well-known architectural...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Athanasios MarkopoulosNumber of pages: 372Collection: Variorum Collected StudiesPublication date: 2018Dim...

The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of Western Music is the eminent musicologist Richard Taruskin's provocative, erudite tel...

Jackson Pollock, Georgia O'Keeffe, Andy Warhol, Julian Schnabel, and Laurie Anderson are just some of the major American artists of the twentieth c...

Reducere. Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Richard (Professor of musicology, Professor of musicology, University of California, Berkeley) Tar...

Reducere. In the eighth and ninth centuries, three Byzantine empresses--Irene, Euphrosyne, and Theodora--changed history. Their combined efforts restored the...

An edited volume mapping the history of the book, from the Ancient World through to the rapidly changing world of the book in the second decade of ...

The Oxford History of Western Music, College Edition, Second Edition, immerses students in the engaging story of the Western musical tradition. By ...

Reducere. In this impressive volume, leading scholars offer compelling glimpses into the biblical world, the world in which prophets, poets, sages, and histo...

Reducere. The Oxford History of Anglicanism is a major new and unprecedented international study of the identity and historical influence of one of the world...

Reducere. For a civilization that preserved its existence and integrity against overwhelming odds and contributed in captivating ways to the diversity of hum...

Romanos' lively and dramatic hymns are a highlight of Byzantine literary invention. This book examines the rhetorical embodiment of theological the...