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The Cambridge companion to Constantinople
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| Erscheint auch als: | Cambridge companion to Constantinople, Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2021 |
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| Erscheint auch als: | The Cambridge companion to Constantinople, Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022, 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 413 pages) |
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| Title: | The Cambridge companion to Constantinople/ edited by Sarah Bassett (Indiana University) |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 413 Seiten; Illustrationen, Karten |
| Part of: | Cambridge companions to the Ancient world |
| ISBN: |
9781108498180 9781108705578 |
| Summary: | "From its foundation in the fourth century, to its fall to the Ottoman Turks in fifteenth, "Constantinople" not only identified a geographical location, but also summoned an idea. On the one hand, there was the fact of Constantinople, the city of brick and mortar that rose to preeminence as the capital of the Roman Empire on a hilly peninsula jutting into the waters at the confluence of the Sea of Marmora, the Golden Horn, and the Bosporos. On the other hand, there was the city of the imagination, the Constantinople that conjured a vision of wealth and splendor unrivalled by any of the great medieval cities, east or west. This Companion explores Constantinople from Late Antiquity until the early modern period. Examining its urban infrastructure and the administrative, social, religious, and cultural institutions that gave the city life, it also considers visitors' encounters with both its urban reality and its place in imagination"-- |
| Type of Resource: | Book Aufsatzsammlung |
| Source: | Verbunddaten SWB |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Language: | English |