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Loading... The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and his reign : a study of tenth-century Byzantium (edition 1963)by Steven RuncimanIssued in 1929, this was the first major publication by this very distinguished historian of the Balkans and Mediterranean areas. The biography gives the author a chance to survey the interaction of the Byzantine, Balkan, and Islamic worlds and is a good attempt at revealing the complexity of their interactions in this period. Romanus comes through as a man who did seize power from a ruling family, but also as a person whose motives were relatively high minded for such an act. His achievements in that position were considerable though relatively defensive. Sir Stephen's prose began at a high level of competence. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)949.502History and Geography Europe Other parts Greece and the Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire -- 323-1453 Byzantine Empire ; Byzantine prosperity, 717-1081LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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