Cyril A. Mango

The Empire of New Rome

Byzantium

From the acclaimed History of World Architecture series.

Byzantine Architecture

Workmen and the patron, and the use of materials and techniques, are recurring themes. City architecture is featured as well as the very distinctive Byzantine ecclesiastical architecture, the most famous example of this being the 6th century masterpiece, Haghia Sophia.

Examining Byzantine life from the point of view of the average citizen, a noted historian deals with language, social and economic conditions, the disappearance and revival of cities, education, monasticism, and the Byzantine literary, artistic, and architectural legacy

Byzantium, the Empire of New Rome

Medieval Academy of America

Originally published by Prentice-Hall, 1972.

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