{"product_id":"the-world-of-byzantium","title":"The World of Byzantium","description":"\u003cp\u003eByzantium is too-often considered merely the \"Eastern rump\" of the old Roman Empire  a curious and even unsettling mix of the classical and medieval. Yet it was  according to Professor Harl  \"without a doubt the greatest state in Christendom through much of the Middle Ages \" and well worth our attention as a way to widen our perspective on everything from the decline of imperial Rome to the rise of the Renaissance. In a series of 24 tellingly detailed lectures  youll learn how the Greek-speaking empire of Byzantium  or East Rome  occupied a crucial place in both time and space that began with Constantine the Great and endured for more than a millennium - a crucible where peoples  cultures  and ideas met and melded to create a world at once Eastern and Western  Greek and Latin  classical and Christian. And youll be dazzled by the achievements of Byzantiums emperors  patriarchs  priests  monks  artists  architects  scholars  soldiers  and officials. Preserving and extending the literary  intellectual  and aesthetic legacy of Classical and Hellenistic Greece Carrying forward path-breaking Roman accomplishments in law  politics  engineering  architecture  urban design  and military affairs Deepening Christian thought while spreading the faith to Russia and the rest of what would become the Orthodox world Developing Christian monastic institutions Shielding a comparatively weak and politically fragmented western Europe from the full force of eastern nomadic and Islamic invasions Fusing classical  Christian  and eastern influences Helping to shape the course of the Humanist revival and the Renaissance\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984581390389,"sku":"ByrdShop_1565853393","price":37.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781565853393.jpg?v=1770837802","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-world-of-byzantium","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}