Summary
Alexander P. Kazhdan: Byzantine culture
Byzantine culture that Alexander Kazdan presents in this book is understood in the broadest sense. From the natural environment that surrounded the Byzantines, through the image of relations in Byzantine society and the understanding of government, to a special worldview in which Christianity is inextricably woven without turning the Byzantine state into a theocracy, and the Byzantines into one-sided and shallow worshippers. The versatility of the Byzantines, especially the literate and learned people who considered themselves Romans, is best illustrated by the two final chapters, dedicated to the Byzantine artistic ideal, in the understanding of whose subtle details the essence of Byzantine civilization and its complex multi-layeredness is hidden, as well as the attitude of the Byzantines towards the new and the old.
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