With clarity and logic, George Ostrogorsky succinctly traces the intricate thousand-year course of the Byzantine Empire. While his emphasis is on political development, he gives extensive consideration to social, esthetic, economic, and ecclesiastical factors as well. He also illuminates the Empire’s links with classical antiquity, as well as its effect on contemporaneous and s...(展开全部)

Incorporating the latest scholarly developments to offer an in-depth account of the history of the Byzantine Empire, this revised edition sheds new light on the Empire's culture, theology, and economic and socio-political spheres. Charting from the Empire's origins, to its expansion and influence over the Mediterranean, later revival, and eventual fall – this book covers more t...(展开全部)

The Byzantine Empire was one of the most impressive imperial adventures in history. It ruled much of Europe and Anatolia for a remarkable eleven hundred years. From Constantine I's establishment of Byzantium (renamed Constantinople) as his capital in 324 CE, until the fall of the city to the Ottomans in 1453, the Byzantine domain became a powerhouse of literature, art, theology...(展开全部)

作者简介 查尔斯 ‧奥曼，英国著名军事史学家，皇家历史协会主席，牛津大学“奇切历”现代史教授，皇家考古研究所所长，皇家钱币学协会奖章得主。他的著作改变了人们对中世纪战争的理解，完善并改正了中世纪史料中碎片化的军事史及其种种谬误。一般认为，他通过中世纪残破的文献，重新构建起了中世纪战场的蓝图。其研究成果在欧洲军事史上有着重要的地位。 译者简介 齐建晓，副教授，河南师范大学外国语学院翻译硕士导师，研究方向为英汉翻译理论与实践、计算机辅助翻译。科研方面，出版专著、教材、译著共五部，在《西安外国学大学学报》《河南师范大学学报》《新闻与写作》等国内核心刊物上发表了十余篇翻译与外语教学方面的论文，主持和参与省部级以上科研项目八项。

Leading economists address the ongoing challenges to economics in theory and practice in a time of political and economic crises. More than a decade of financial crises, sovereign debt problems, political conflict, and rising xenophobia and protectionism has left the global economy unsettled and the ability of economics as a discipline to account for episodes of volatility unce...(展开全部)

Leading economists address the ongoing challenges to economics in theory and practice in a time of political and economic crises. More than a decade of financial crises, sovereign debt problems, political conflict, and rising xenophobia and protectionism has left the global economy unsettled and the ability of economics as a discipline to account for episodes of volatility unce...(展开全部)

In this book, the distinguished writer Edward Luttwak presents the grand strategy of the eastern Roman empire we know as Byzantine, which lasted more than twice as long as the more familiar western Roman empire, eight hundred years by the shortest definition. This extraordinary endurance is all the more remarkable because the Byzantine empire was favored neither by geography no...(展开全部)

In this book, the distinguished writer Edward Luttwak presents the grand strategy of the eastern Roman empire we know as Byzantine, which lasted more than twice as long as the more familiar western Roman empire, eight hundred years by the shortest definition. This extraordinary endurance is all the more remarkable because the Byzantine empire was favored neither by geography no...(展开全部)