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Byzantium the Bridge from Antiquity to the Middle Ages

by Michael Angold

  • ISBN: 9780312284299
  • ISBN10: 0312284292

Byzantium the Bridge from Antiquity to the Middle Ages

by Michael Angold

  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Edition: 1
  • Publisher: St Martins Pr
  • Publish date: 12/01/2001
  • ISBN: 9780312284299
  • ISBN10: 0312284292
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Description: "A clear and authoritative portrait . . . [Byzantium] is an excellent introduction to what remains the least well-known of European civilizations."-- Eastern Daily Press (UK) "[Agnold's] clear, readable study does indeed do much to help bridge a major gap in historical awareness."-- The Scotsman (UK) "This richly layered narrative brings to life the many faceted culture of Byzantium, crown jewel of the East from the fourth century to the Middle Ages. Angold, a historian at the University of Edinburgh, begins with Constantine, who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire and moved his capital to Constantinople (Byzantium), which competed with Rome as the center of politics and religion. The ancient city became even further spiritualized when Justinian I built the Church of St. Sophia, turning the city into a kind of New Jerusalem whose inhabitants believed themselves protected by the 'Mother of God.' During Justinian's reign, Byzantine Christians' use of icons to represent spiritual reality became their culture's defining mark. However, Angold contends, iconology provoked iconoclasm between the sixth and the ninth centuries, when Western Christians such as John of Damascus challenged the veneration of icons. But disagreements within the Christian community were not the only assault on Byzantine unity. Beginning in the seventh century, Islam challenged the political and religious unity of the city and the empire, first through military incursions and later through religious controversy, namely their rejection of the veneration of icons. Even so, mosque and church architectures were mutually influential, though perhaps mosques, with their emphasis on large spaces for prayer, affected Byzantine Christian design more significantly. By the Middle Ages, Angold argues, the art and religion of Byzantium, once rejected by the West, had become firmly entrenched. Icons, especially, were accepted as religious art, even though East and West disagreed over their precise uses. Angold's fascinating book reveals a magnificent holy city both divided and unified"-- Publishers Weekly
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