Constantinople: Capital of Byzantium (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Constantinople Known as Constantinople, Miklagarth was the capital city of the empire of Byzantium and a major political force in the eastern Mediterranean for over a thousand years. This book examines the intriguing interaction between the spiritual and the political whilst reconstructs the awe-inspiring city in its heyday of 1200.
Full description- Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
- Published: 05 May 2009
- Format: Paperback 312 pages
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- Categories: European History | Middle Eastern History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Medieval History
- ISBN 13: 9780826430861 ISBN 10: 0826430864
- Sales rank: 471,519
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This book examines the intriguing interaction between the spiritual and the political whilst reconstructs the awe-inspiring city in its heyday of 1200. During the early Middle Ages, travellers to the East returned with stories of a place called Miklagarth, a city so vast that its churches, palaces and monasteries covered the land and so rich that its ruler could scatter bagfuls of gold among his astonished guests. This was no legend or tall tale because Miklagarth was a real place. Better known as Constantinople, it was the capital city of the empire of Byzantium and a major political force in the eastern Mediterranean for over a thousand years. The mythical aura that surrounded Constantinople was no accident. It was assiduously cultivated by the Byzantine emperors to bolster their power, wealth and prestige. Jonathan Harris examines the intriguing interaction between the mythical and the actual to reconstruct the city at the peak of its power.
