Michael Angold

An in-depth study of church and society under Comneni rule before and after the fall of Constantinople in 1204.

Church and Society in Byzantium Under the Comneni, 1081-1261

ALDA PORTO SANTOS

O livro de Michael Angold é uma história do sucessor do poder imperial romano - o Império Bizantino. Bizâncio era uma polis grega no Bósforo que ganhou importância em 324 d.C., ao ser restabelecida por Constantino, o Grande, e rebatizada como Constantinopla. Uma das mais destacadas cidades da Idade Média, Constantinopla desempenhou papel crucial no surgimento da ordem medieval, em que Bizâncio, o cristianismo ocidental e o islamismo se tornaram três civilizações distintas.

a ponte da antiguidade para a Idade Média

Bizâncio

The fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453 marked the end of a thousand years of the Christian Roman Empire. Thereafter, world civilisation began a process of radical change. The West came to identify itself as Europe; the Russians were set on the path of autocracy; the Ottomans were transformed into a world power while the Greeks were left exiles in their own land. The loss of Constantinople created a void. How that void was to be filled is the subject of this book. Michael Angold examines the context of late Byzantine civilisation and the cultural negotiation which allowed the city of Constantinople to survive for so long in the face of Ottoman power. He shows how the devastating impact of its fall lay at the centre of a series of interlocking historical patterns which marked this time of decisive change for the late medieval world. This concise and original study will be essential reading for students and scholars of Byzantine and late medieval history, as well as anyone with an interest in this significant turning point in world history.

Context and Consequences

The Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans

A Political History

The Byzantine Empire 1025-1204

Cambridge University Press

Timothy Tackett

Thomas F. X. Noble

Stewart Jay Brown

K. Scott Bowie

Frances Margaret Young

Hugh McLeod

Brian Stanley

Sheridan Gilley

Walter Simons

Julia M. H. Smith

Miri Rubin

R. Po-chia Hsia

Roberta A. Baranowski

Frederick W. Norris

Augustine Casiday

Margaret Mary Mitchell

Emeritus Professor of Church History Hugh McLeod

A comprehensive history of Christianity in the century when it truly became a global religion.

The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 9, World Christianities C.1914-c.2000

A concise political, social and religious history of the Byzantine empire. Michael Angold's book is a clear, concise and authoritative history of the successor state to the Roman Empire, known as the Byzantine Empire. It was named after Byzantium, which Emperor Constantine I rebuilt in 330 AD as Constantinople and made the capital of the entire Roman Empire. Angold begins in the heart of Byzantium, the city of Constantinople from which a new Empire emerged. He shows how the foundation and growth of the city altered the balance of the Roman empire, shifting the centre of gravity east. He describes the emergence of political factions and their impact on political life and traces the rise of Islam. Angold concludes his book by stressing the continuing attraction and influence of imperial Byzantium, best seen in Norman Sicily.

Byzantium

This volume encompasses the whole Christian Orthodox tradition from 1200 to the present. Its central theme is the survival of Orthodoxy against the odds into the modern era. It celebrates the resilience shown in the face of hostile regimes and social pressures in this often-neglected period of Orthodox history.

The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 5, Eastern Christianity

Steart J. Brown

Stewart J. Brown

Explores the impact of the Enlightenment, the religious re-awakenings and revolution on the Christian church.

The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 7, Enlightenment, Reawakening and Revolution 1660-1815

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