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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This is a series of linked essays relating to the technical concerns of the current crop of Byzantinists rather than directly relating to the object of the study, the orthodox Christian Empire. She does attempt to set out the tension between the Hellenists in the city and the consciously Orthodox intellectuals and religious figures. The English-speaking world has always been a poor source of funds for investigating the later Roman Empire, and the value of that study has been less obvious than rivals. But every now and again incidents ignite some level of interest so she keeps trying. I obviously applaud her efforts. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"For many of us, Byzantium remains "byzantine"--obscure, marginal, difficult. Despite the efforts of some recent historians, prejudices still deform popular and scholarly understanding of the Byzantine civilization, often reducing it to a poor relation of Rome and the rest of the classical world. In this book, renowned historian Averil Cameron presents an original and personal view of the challenges and questions facing historians of Byzantium today.The book explores five major themes, all subjects of controversy. "Absence" asks why Byzantium is routinely passed over, ignored, or relegated to a sphere of its own. "Empire" reinserts Byzantium into modern debates about empire, and discusses the nature of its system and its remarkable longevity. "Hellenism" confronts the question of the "Greekness" of Byzantium, and of the place of Byzantium in modern Greek consciousness. "The Realms of Gold" asks what lessons can be drawn from Byzantine visual art, and "The Very Model of Orthodoxy" challenges existing views of Byzantine Christianity.Throughout, the book addresses misconceptions about Byzantium, suggests why it is so important to integrate the civilization into wider histories, and lays out why Byzantium should be central to ongoing debates about the relationships between West and East, Christianity and Islam, Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, and the ancient and medieval periods. The result is a forthright and compelling call to reconsider the place of Byzantium in Western history and imagination"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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One last, slightly petty point: I was irritated by Cameron's continual reference to Anglophone universities as "Anglo-Saxon" universities. This seems anachronistic when talking about scholarship produced in English universities; it is entirely out-of-place when talking about universities in Ireland or the United States. Perhaps Cameron was seeking to inspire in non-Byzantinists the same kind of irritation which Byzantinists surely feel when they see someone using the adjective "byzantine" as a pejorative. If so, touchée. ( )