Summary
Steven Runciman: Byzantine Civilization
Magnum opus of one of the greatest historians of the 20th century, a great authority on the Middle Ages. This book provides a general picture of the civilization of the Roman Empire on the territory of Byzantium. It deals with all important aspects of that space, life and people in it, a space so important for the later rise of Western civilization, including the Balkans. The themes of the book are religion and the church, art, administration, city and country life
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