Serving Byzantium’s Emperors: The Courtly Life and Career of Michael Attaleiates (New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture) by Dimitris Krallis
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Overview: This book is a microhistory of eleventh-century Byzantium, built around the biography of the state official Michael Attaleiates. Dimitris Krallis presents Byzantium as a cohesive, ever-evolving, dynamic, Roman political community, built on traditions of Roman governance and Hellenic culture. In the eleventh century, Byzantium faced a crisis as it navigated a shifting international environment of feudal polities, merchant republics, steppe migrations, and a rapidly transforming Islamic world.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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