The History Michael Attaleiates Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία World

In 1039 Byzantium Was The Most Powerful Empire Europe And Near East Controlling Balkans South Of Danube All Asia Minor Into Armenia Syria By 1079 It Had Become A Politically Unstable State Half Size Menaced Enemies On Sides History Michael Attaleiates Is Our Main Source For This Astonishing Reversal Offers Gripping Narrative Foreign Civil Wars Those Years Highly Placed Legal Military Official With First-Hand Knowledge Events He Describes Knew Many Emperors Includes An Eyewitness Account Battle Mantzikert (1071) Where Seljuk Turks Crushed Byzantine Armies Opened Door Permanent Turkish Conquest Also Provides Vivid Narratives Unrest Decries Corruption Economic Exploitation His Society Looking To Heroes Roman Republic Models Nobility Attaleiates’ Has Never Before Been Translated English Present Translation Based Recent Critical Edition Makes Text Accessible Through Its Notes Maps Glossary Terms Σελίδες: 656 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1119 Διαστάσεις: 13 3X13 3Cm