ilość książek w kategorii: 767
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Byzantium and the Crusader States 1096-1204
ISBN: 9780198204077 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This is the first scholarly history of the relations between Byzantium and the Crusader States of Syria and Palestine. Ralph-Johannes Lilie sets out to explore the policies and principles which shaped contacts between the Eastern Empire, the Crusader States, and the nations of Western Europe when the Crusaders came. Originally published to much acclaim in German, Byzantium and the Crusader States has been revised by the author for the English edition and presented in a lucid and scholarly translation.
This is the first scholarly history of the relations between Byzantium and the Crusader States of Syria and Palestine. Ralph-Johannes Lilie sets out t...
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1401,79 zł |
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Brigands with a Cause : Brigandage and Irredentism in Modern Greece 1821-1912
ISBN: 9780198228639 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Although some saw Greek brigands as no more than hardened criminals, to others they were veritable national heroes and avengers of social injustice. The book examines brigandage and irredentism in Greece since the War of Independence, tracing the intimate links between the two, their impact on Greek politics and statecraft, and their influence on modern Greek identity and nationalism.
Although some saw Greek brigands as no more than hardened criminals, to others they were veritable national heroes and avengers of social injustice. T...
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936,98 zł |
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The Byzantines
ISBN: 9780226097923 / Angielski / Miękka / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. For more than a thousand years, Byzantium flourished at the crossroads of the Eastern and Western worlds. But who were the people of the first modern civilized state? What features distinguished them from earlier civilizations, and what cultural characteristics, despite their multi-ethnic origins, made them uniquely Byzantine?
Through a series of remarkably detailed composite portraits, an international collection of distinguished scholars has created a startlingly clear vision of the Byzantines and their social world. Paupers, peasants, soldiers, teachers, bureaucrats, clerics, emperors,... For more than a thousand years, Byzantium flourished at the crossroads of the Eastern and Western worlds. But who were the people of the first modern ...
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120,57 zł |
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Byzantium : Church, Society, and Civilization Seen through Contemporary Eyes
ISBN: 9780226284613 / Angielski / Miękka / 526 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Deno John Geanakoplos here offers a prodigious collection of source materials on the Byzantine church, society, and civilization (many translated for the first time into English), arranged chronologically and topically, and knit together with an analytical historical commentary. His selections from Byzantine writers as well as from more obscure documents and chronicles in Latin, Arabic, Slavic, Italian, Armenian, and French reflect all the diversity of Byzantine life--the military tactics of the long-invincible cataphract cavalry and the warships armed with Greek fire, the mysticism of...
Deno John Geanakoplos here offers a prodigious collection of source materials on the Byzantine church, society, and civilization (many translated for ...
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195,28 zł |
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Deeds of John and Manuel Comnenus
ISBN: 9780231040808 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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608,87 zł |
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Experiencing Dominion : Culture, Identity, and Power in the British Mediterranean
ISBN: 9780268028015 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Experiencing Dominion pushes contemporary literature on historical anthropology in a new direction by moving the discussion away from an emphasis on a simple polarity between hegemony and resistance, and instead focusing on the shared interactions between colonizers and colonized, rulers and ruled, foreigners and locals. In this important study, Gallant emphasizes contingency and historical agency, examines intentionality, and explores the processes of accommodation and, when warranted, resistance. In so doing, he reconstructs the world Britons and Greeks made together on the Ionian Islands...
Experiencing Dominion pushes contemporary literature on historical anthropology in a new direction by moving the discussion away from an emphasis on a...
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554,19 zł |
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Experiencing Dominion : Culture, Identity, and Power in the British Mediterranean
ISBN: 9780268028022 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Experiencing Dominion pushes contemporary literature on historical anthropology in a new direction by moving the discussion away from an emphasis on a simple polarity between hegemony and resistance, and instead focusing on the shared interactions between colonizers and colonized, rulers and ruled, foreigners and locals. In this important study, Gallant emphasizes contingency and historical agency, examines intentionality, and explores the processes of accommodation and, when warranted, resistance. In so doing, he reconstructs the world Britons and Greeks made together on the Ionian Islands...
Experiencing Dominion pushes contemporary literature on historical anthropology in a new direction by moving the discussion away from an emphasis on a...
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165,93 zł |
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Greece at the Crossroads : The Civil War and Its Legacy
ISBN: 9780271025681 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A collection of essays by European and American specialists offering new and authoritative analyses of the Greek civil war and its international dimensions. The Greek civil war that broke out at the end of World War II was one of the formative events in the early days of the Cold War. In the fall of 1944, at the moment of liberation from the German occupiers, Greece stood at the "crossroads," in need of a new constitutional and social order. However, the factions that vied for influence over the state promoted their particular agendas with a vehemence, exclusiveness, and... A collection of essays by European and American specialists offering new and authoritative analyses of the Greek civil war and its internati... |
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236,75 zł |
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International Intervention in the Greek Civil War : The United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans, 1947-1952
ISBN: 9780275933678 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Few people are knowledgeable about the history of the Greek Civil War. Often termed the hidden war, this conflict of the late 1940s is still highly controversial and a source of extreme emotion for those Greeks who remember it. This book details the events leading to the outbreak of the war and examines the unique means by which United Nation's intervention was able to restrain a conflict that threatened to engulf the Balkans and southeastern Europe. Nachmani demonstrates how the United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans (UNSCOB)--the first U.N. observation mission--stood out as a... Few people are knowledgeable about the history of the Greek Civil War. Often termed the hidden war, this conflict of the late 1940s is still highly... |
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477,63 zł |
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The Withered Vine : Logistics and the Communist Insurgency in Greece, 1945-1949
ISBN: 9780275965440 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. An explanation of the failure of the Communist insurgency in Greece between 1945 and 1949, this study provides a striking lesson in what happens to an armed revolutionary movement when it lacks adequate manpower and logistical resources, and is divided against itself on such basic matters as foreign policy and the employment of its military capabilities. During the period of 1945-1949, the Greek Communist Party was split into competing factions, each with its own idea of which course the rebellion should take. The Stalinist faction, led by Secretary-General Nikos Zachariades, was pitted... An explanation of the failure of the Communist insurgency in Greece between 1945 and 1949, this study provides a striking lesson in what happens to... |
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477,63 zł |
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The Politics of Elite Transformation : The Consolidation of Greek Democracy in Theoretical Perspective
ISBN: 9780275970352 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Kkarakatsanis analyzes the processes through which a stable, consolidated, and fully democratic regime was brought into existence in the 1970s and early 1980s in Greece. Focusing primarily on the roles played by political elites during and in the decade after the transition to democracy, she analyzes how Greece moved from a long history of political instability and elite disunity to a consolidated democratic regime to which all major political actors were loyal and committed. Four distinct transformations which forged the consensual unity required to establish a stable and consolidated... Kkarakatsanis analyzes the processes through which a stable, consolidated, and fully democratic regime was brought into existence in the 1970s and ... |
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448,54 zł |
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Collective Memory, National Identity, and Ethnic Conflict : Greece, Bulgaria, and the Macedonian Question
ISBN: 9780275976484 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Roudometof provides an in-depth analysis of inter-ethnic relations in the southern Balkans. He examines the evolution of the Macedonian Question and the production of rival national narratives by Greeks, Bulgarians, and Macedonians. He introduces the concept of a national narrative in order to account for the production and proliferation of different forms of collective memory among the rival nation-states. Roudometof deconstructs the national narratives of the competing sides and shows the limits of these narratives and their biases. He also develops an alternative interpretation of... Roudometof provides an in-depth analysis of inter-ethnic relations in the southern Balkans. He examines the evolution of the Macedonian Question an... |
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477,63 zł |
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History of the Byzantine Empire, 324-1453 v. 2
ISBN: 9780299809263 / Angielski / Miękka / 478 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "This is the revised English translation from the original work in Russian of the history of the Great Byzantine Empire. It is the most complete and thorough work on this subject. From it we get a wonderful panorama of the events and developments of the struggles of early Christianity, both western and eastern, with all of its remains of the wonderful productions of art, architecture, and learning."--Southwestern Journal of Theology
"This is the revised English translation from the original work in Russian of the history of the Great Byzantine Empire. It is the most complete and t...
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143,79 zł |
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The Byzantine World.
ISBN: 9780313231483 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This is an account of Byzantine culture, from the foundation of the Empire in 330 to its downfall in 1453. The book is devoted to the history of the Byzantine Empire and to short essays on various aspects of its political, religious and cultural life. This is an account of Byzantine culture, from the foundation of the Empire in 330 to its downfall in 1453. The book is devoted to the history of th... |
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357,33 zł |
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Daily Life in the Byzantine Empire
ISBN: 9780313324376 / Angielski / Twarda / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Discover how ordinary people lived during the Middle Ages in the eastern Mediterranean in this unparalleled exploration of life in the Byzantine Empire. Learn how the subjects of the Byzantine Empire kept track of time with sundials and water clocks. Witness a typical wedding and all of the traditions followed by the bride, groom, and guests. Find out how the Byzantines kept up their appearance, covering everything from skincare to dental care. Learn the rules of games that children played, and explore everything in the city of Constantinople, from tourist attractions to city... Discover how ordinary people lived during the Middle Ages in the eastern Mediterranean in this unparalleled exploration of life in the Byzantine Em... |
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417,48 zł |
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John Lydus and the Roman Past : Antiquarianism and Politics in the Age of Justinian
ISBN: 9780415060219 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. John Lydus and the Roman Past offers a new interpretation of the emergence of Byzantine society as viewed through the eyes of John Lydus, a sixth-century scholar and civil servant. Maas show that control of classical inheritance was politically contested in the reign of Justinian. He demonstrates how the past could be used to convey legitimacy and social definition at a time of profound change.
John Lydus and the Roman Past offers a new interpretation of the emergence of Byzantine society as viewed through the eyes of John Lydus, a s...
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526,73 zł |
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Who's Who in the Greek World
ISBN: 9780415260329 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. The definitive biographical guide to the Greek and Hellenistic world from 750 BC to the end of the Roman Empire
The definitive biographical guide to the Greek and Hellenistic world from 750 BC to the end of the Roman Empire
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100,87 zł |
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Byzantium at War AD 600-1453
ISBN: 9780415968614 / Angielski / Twarda / 95 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. This book traces the 800-year history of Byzantium. From the early uncertain years of the Empire, to the triumphal period when its wealth attracted Viking and Asian warriors to join its armies, and finally to the death of Byzantium's last emperor in 1453, the Empire's military history is laid bare.
This book traces the 800-year history of Byzantium. From the early uncertain years of the Empire, to the triumphal period when its wealth attracted Vi...
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369,03 zł |
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Change in Byzantine Culture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
ISBN: 9780520069626 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Byzantium, that dark sphere on the periphery of medieval Europe, is commonly regarded as the immutable residue of Rome's decline. In this highly original and provocative work, Alexander Kazhdan and Ann Wharton Epstein revise this traditional image by documenting the dynamic social changes that occurred during the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Byzantium, that dark sphere on the periphery of medieval Europe, is commonly regarded as the immutable residue of Rome's decline. In this highly origi...
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155,43 zł |
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Failure of Empire : Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D.
ISBN: 9780520233324 / Angielski / Twarda / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Failure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (a.d. 364-78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among history's great losers. By the time he was killed, his empire had been coming unglued for several years: the Goths had overrun the Balkans; Persians, Isaurians, and Saracens were threatening the east; the economy was in disarray; and pagans and Christians alike had been exiled, tortured,...
Failure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (a.d. 364-78). Valens will always be ...
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349,66 zł |