Justinian

ISBN-13: 9780582063037 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 212 str.

John Moorhead

Opis

During the reign of the Byzantine emperor Justinian (527-565), major legal reforms were carried out, vast numbers of architecturally distinguished buildings were erected, wars were launched against established powers in Africa and Italy, innovations were made to the administration of the empire, and the postion of the Christian religion and that of non-Christians in the empire were both changaed considerably. This book offers a full study of Justinian's life and times, making use of the wide variety of sources available. It also examines the general question of how the civilization of classical antiquity came to be replaced by a distinctively new one, and seeks to identify those elements important in this transition to the Middle Ages.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements
Editor's Preface
Introduction
1. The Early Years
2. The Majesty of Empire
3. Wars in the West
5. Years of Frustration
6. The Church
7. The North
8. The End and Beyond
Bibliography
Map
Index

O autorze

Moorhead, John