Byzantium: New Roman Empire

A different Byzantine book. Cyril Mango, a competent expert in the field, this time discusses Byzantium with its internal dynamics. It concisely examines this last great empire of the ancient world with its multi-tribalism, economic functioning, social characteristics, political life, new religious structure brought by Christianity, monasteries and educational system. In the second part, the author focuses on Byzantium's idea of understanding the world. It explains how the explanations brought by Christianity in this field evolved and what kind of conflicts they caused. In the third and final part, the contribution of Byzantium to the world cultural heritage is discussed under the main headings of literature, art and architecture.
Cyril Mango offers us a solid and easy-to-understand text to grasp the social, economic, artistic and human characteristics of a thousand-year-old empire with a holistic approach.



Number of Pages: 344

Year of Print: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Yapı Kredi Publications

First Print Year: 2008

Number of Printings: 5th Edition

Language Turkish