| The Rise and Fall of Byzantine Butrint Contributor(s): Hodges, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0953555674 ISBN-13: 9780953555673 Publisher: Butrint Foundation OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2008 Annotation: This lavishly illustrated book details one of the most turbulent periods of Mediterranean history (AD 400-1200) in the light of the latest archaeological results from the Epirote city of Butrint. The flourishing Christian city, with its churches and elaborate mosaic pavements, was gradually replaced first by a succession of homesteads before the re-making of Butrint as a town around AD 1000. However, Byzantine authority was eventually extinguished in the face of the Venetians and their Frankish allies. This book presents a vivid new understanding of the remaking and social organisation of towns in the middle Byzantine period - a period that endured the end of the Roman world and the creation of a medieval Europe. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Architecture | History - General - Art | History - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 949 |
| LCCN: 2011500859 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.2" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This lavishly illustrated book details one of the most turbulent periods of Mediterranean history (AD 400-1200) in the light of the latest archaeological results from the Epirote city of Butrint. The flourishing Christian city, with its churches and elaborate mosaic pavements, was gradually replaced first by a succession of homesteads before the re-making of Butrint as a town around AD 1000. However, Byzantine authority was eventually extinguished in the face of the Venetians and their Frankish allies. This book presents a vivid new understanding of the remaking and social organisation of towns in the middle Byzantine period a period that endured the end of the Roman world and the creation of a medieval Europe. |