Download or read book Constantinopolis written by James D. Shipman and published by Lake Union Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a thousand years, the medieval city of Constantinople has been the jewel on the crown of the Roman Empire. Now, the once-mighty metropolis is broken down, with its defensive walls in shambles. Long have the neighboring Turks wanted to claim the city, and Mehmet--the impetuous new Turkish sultan--thinks he and his legions might finally have their chance. In defiance of his late father's advisors, Mehmet vows to be the first leader in a millennium to wrench Constantinople from the Christians. He is determined to take the city from the weakened but beloved Emperor Constantine--even if he loses his throne and his life in the process. An epic historical military adventure, Constantinopolis plots out the future of civilization as shaped by a number of fascinating characters, including one leader desperate to save his people from destruction and another determined to lead his nation to glory. Revised edition: This edition of Constantinopolis includes editorial revisions.
Download or read book Constantinopolis Istanbul written by Çi_dem Kafescio_lu and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Studies the reconstruction of Byzantine Constantinople as the capital city of the Ottoman empire following its capture in 1453, delineating the complex interplay of socio-political, architectural, visual, and literary processes that underlay the city's transformation"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Icons and Power written by Bissera V. Pentcheva and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pentcheva demonstrates that a fundamental shift in the Byzantine cult from relics to icons, took place during the late tenth century. Centered upon fundamental questions of art, religion, and politics, Icons and Power makes a vital contribution to the entire field of medieval studies.
Download or read book Coins and Economy in Magdala Taricheae written by Bruno Callegher and published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. This book was released on 2023-08-14 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a monetary basis, Magdala must be considered as one of the most important and active settlements between the 1st century BC and most of the 3rd century AD on Lake Kinneret, a place of production and trade, of supply for military forces, certainly in contact with other trading centres, probably located on the Mediterranean coast, however in a 'market' perspective quite different from our current experience and even from the semantic content of this word, often abused with a semantic extension that does not correspond to the experience of the ancients. Its monetary decline started on the early 4th century, when the economic and monetary strategies of the Constantinian era shifted the flow of money to other routes, especially between the great port cities of the Mediterranean. The welcome contribution of Callegher's study derives from the new data published, which allows us to overcome "clichés" and a stereotypical view of both the archaeological site and the economy of the Upper Galilee.
Download or read book Catalogue of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection written by Dumbarton Oaks and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1992 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first fully illustrated catalogue of a major collection of late Roman and early Byzantine imperial coins. It follows the general layout of the Byzantine volumes in the Dumbarton Oaks series, with a substantial introduction dealing with the history of the coinage, including iconography, mints, and monetary system. In this volume, however, all the coins are illustrated in the plates.
Download or read book Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 5 written by David Sear and published by Spink & Son, Ltd. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current revision of this popular work marks a radical departure from the envisioned aims of the original edition. This fifth and final volume of the 'Millennium edition' contains a comprehensive listing of the Roman coinage of the period AD 337-491 together with background information on the history of each reign and the principal characteristics of its coinage. The catalogue is organized primarily by ruler with the issues then subdivided by denomination and by reverse legend and type.
Download or read book The Art of Empire written by Lee M. Jefferson and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, art historians such as Johannes Deckers (Picturing the Bible, 2009) have argued for a significant transition in fourth- and fifth-century images of Jesus following the conversion of Constantine. Broadly speaking, they perceive the image of a peaceful, benevolent shepherd transformed into a powerful, enthroned Jesus, mimicking and mirroring the dominance and authority of the emperor. The powers of church and state are thus conveniently synthesized in such a potent image. This deeply rooted position assumes that ante-pacem images of Jesus were uniformly humble while post-Constantinian images exuded the grandeur of power and glory. The Art of Empire contends that the art and imagery of Late Antiquity merits a more nuanced understanding of the context of the imperial period before and after Constantine. The chapters in this collection each treat an aspect of the relationship between early Christian art and the rituals, practices, or imagery of the Empire, and offer a new and fresh perspective on the development of Christian art in its imperial background.
Download or read book Excavations in Cranborne Chase near Rushmore on the Borders of Dorset and Wilts written by Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Roman Imperial Coinage Volume X written by John Kent and published by Spink Books. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This tenth volume of Roman Imperial Coinage completed the first edition of the series founded by Mattingly and Sydenham in 1923. Its layout is based on the division between the eastern and western parts of the empire, and the reigns of successive emperors. A further section deals with imitative coinages struck by certain of the barbarian peoples. There are detailed accounts of the monetary system and mints, and of the coin-types and legends. The catalogue comprises some 1,800 entries, each individually numbered, and illustrated by 80 plates. (NP The coinage is discussed not only in its historical setting, but also in a comprehensive and documented conceptual context, making RIC X essential reading for students of the late Roman and Byzantine period, as well as for collectors. This seminal volume is reprinted by Spink in 2018 to make it available again to all those interested in this fascinating period of Roman Imperial coinage. (NP) Dr John Kent joined the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum in 1953, and was Keeper from 1983 until his retirement in 1990. As well as being an editor of the Roman Imperial Coinage series , he is the author of Roman Imperial Coinage Volume VIII (1981).
Download or read book Medieval Jewish Civilization written by Norman Roth and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2003 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This reference work features over 150 A-Z entries on Jewish civilization between the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 CE) and the discovery of the New World in 1492. Not limited to any one aspect of the Jewish experience, many entries cover topics that have never before been dealt with in Judaic or medieval reference works"--Résumé de l'éd
Download or read book The Numismatic Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The rules of the Numismatic Society of London" bound with New Ser., v. 1.
Download or read book Spink Son s Monthly Numismatic Circular written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Excavations in Cranborne Chase Near Rushmore on the Borders of Dorset and Wilts 1880 1896 Excavations in Bokerly and Wansdyke Dorset and Wilts with observations on the human remains by J G Garson M D 1892 written by Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Consular Image written by Cecilia Olovsdotter and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2005 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study puts the imagery of late Roman consular diptychs into focus. Its aim is to show that the meanings of the consular image are complex and multi-layered, and reflect the status and functions tied to the consulate in the late Roman period not only from an official perspective but also from an ideological one. The investigation is concerned with what motifs the consular repertory comprises, what forms the different motifs take and how they are applied, but also what may have been the motivations and purposes behind their selection, application and the mode(s) in which they are presented. Assuming that the motifs found within consular imagery carry meaning, what aspects of consulship do they illustrate, and how do they define these aspects? In answering these questions, the author shows that the consular diptychs present a source for the history of the late Roman empire in their own right.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople written by Sarah Bassett and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-17 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collected essays explore late antique and Byzantine Constantinople in matters sacred, political, cultural, and commercial.
Download or read book Two Romes written by Lucy Grig and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An integrated collection of essays by leading scholars, Two Romes explores the changing roles and perceptions of Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity. This important examination of the "two Romes" in comparative perspective illuminates our understanding not just of both cities but of the whole late Roman world.
Download or read book Excavations in Cranborne Chase Near Rushmore on the Borders of Dorset and Wilts Excavations in Bokerly and Wansdyke Dorset and Wilts with observations on the human remains by J G Garson M D 1892 written by Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
