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A history of the Crusades. more books like this

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The Fall of Constantinople 1453

The Fall of Constantinople 1453 more books like this

by Sir Steven Runciman

This classic account shows how the fall of Constantinople in May 1453, after a siege of several weeks, came as a bitter shock to Western Christendom. The city's plight had been neglected, and negligible help was sent in this crisis. To the Turks, victory not only brought a new imperial capital, but guaranteed that their empire would last. To the ...

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The First Crusade

The First Crusade more books like this

by Sir Steven Runciman

Whether the Crusades are regarded as the most romantic of Christian expeditions, or the last of the barbarian invasions, they remain one of the most exciting and colourful adventure stories in history. An army of mounted warriors, travelling with peasants, merchants and artisans, faced a journey over hostile terrain, meeting with unforeseen ...

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The Medieval Manichee: A Study of the Christian Dualist Heresy

The Medieval Manichee: A Study of the Christian Dualist Heresy more books like this

by Sir Steven Runciman

A reissue of Sir Steven Runciman's classic account of the Dualist heretic tradition in Christianity from its Gnostic origins, through Armenia, Byzantium, and the Balkans to its final flowering in Italy and Southern France. The chief danger that early Christianity had to face came from the heretical Dualist sect founded in the mid-third century A.D ...

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A History of the Crusades: Volume 1, the First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

A History of the Crusades: Volume 1, the First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem more books like this

by Sir Steven Runciman

Sir Steven Runciman's three volume A History of the Crusades, one of the great classics of English historical writing, is now being reissued. This volume deals completely with the First Crusade and the foundation of the kingdom of Jerusalem. As Runciman says in his preface: 'Whether we regard the Crusades as the most tremendous and most romantic ...

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The Great Church in Captivity: A Study of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the Eve of the Turkish Conquest to the Greek War of Independence

The Great Church in Captivity: A Study of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the Eve of the Turkish Conquest to the Greek War of Independence more books like this

by Sir Steven Runciman

This is Sir Steven Runciman's established and widely admired classic account of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, first published in 1968. The Great Church, as the Greeks called the Orthodox Patriarchate, was the spiritual centre of the Byzantine world. The Church's survival during the four centuries of Turkish rule which followed the fall of ...

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Byzantine civilization more books like this

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The Sicilian Vespers: A History of the Mediterranean World in the Later Thirteenth Century

The Sicilian Vespers: A History of the Mediterranean World in the Later Thirteenth Century more books like this

by Sir Steven Runciman

On 30 March 1282, as the bells of Palermo were ringing for Vespers, the Sicilian townsfolk, crying 'Death to the French', slaughtered the garrison and administration of their Angevin King. Seen in historical perspective it was not an especially big massacre: the revolt of the long-subjugated Sicilians might seem just another resistance movement. ...

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Byzantine more books like this

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The Last Byzantine Renaissance more books like this

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The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and His Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium

The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and His Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium more books like this

by Sir Steven Runciman

This study, centred around the reign of the usurping Emperor Romanus Lecapenus, was originally published in 1929, reissued in 1963, and has been out of print for several years. It contributed to the revival of interest in Byzantine studies at that time, and has since remained one of the most authoritative and readable accounts of the period.

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Mistra: Byzantine Capital of the Peloponnese

Mistra: Byzantine Capital of the Peloponnese more books like this

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The Eastern Schism: A Study of the Papacy and the Eastern Churches During the Xith and Xiith Centuries

The Eastern Schism: A Study of the Papacy and the Eastern Churches During the Xith and Xiith Centuries more books like this

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The Byzantine Theocracy: The Weil Lectures, Cincinatti

The Byzantine Theocracy: The Weil Lectures, Cincinatti more books like this

by Sir Steven Runciman

The constitution of the Byzantine Empire was based on the conviction that it was the earthly copy of the Kingdom of Heaven. Just as God ruled in Heaven, so the Emperor, made in his image, should rule on earth and carry out his commandments. This was the theory, but in practice the state was never free from its Roman past, particularly the Roman ...

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A History of the Crusades: Volume 3, the Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades more books like this

by Sir Steven Runciman

Sir Steven Runciman's three volume A History of the Crusades, one of the great classics of English historical writing, is now being reissued. In this final volume, Runciman examines the revival of the Frankish kingdom at the time of the Third Crusade until its collapse a century later. The interwoven themes of the book include: Christiandom, the ...

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A History of the Crusades: Volume 2, the Kingdom of Jerusalem more books like this

by Sir Steven Runciman

Sir Steven Runciman's three volume A History of the Crusades, one of the great classics of English historical writing, is now being reissued. This volume describes the Frankish states of Outremer from the accession of King Baldwin I to the re-conquest of Jerusalem by Saladin. As Runciman says in his preface, 'The politics of the Moslem world in ...

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A history of the Crusades. Vol.1, The First Crusade and the foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem more books like this

by Steven Runciman

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Fall of Constantinople more books like this

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Emperor Romanus Lecapenus more books like this

by Sir Steven Runciman

This study, centred around the reign of the usurping Emperor Romanus Lecapenus, was originally published in 1929, reissued in 1963, and has been out of print for several years. It contributed to the revival of interest in Byzantine studies at that time, and has since remained one of the most authoritative and readable accounts of the period.

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Byzantine Style more books like this

by Sir Steven Runciman

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The White Rajahs : a history of Sarawak from 1841 to 1946. more books like this

by Sir Steven Runciman

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A history of the Crusades. Vol.3, The kingdom of Acre and the later Crusades more books like this

by Sir Steven Runciman

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A history of the Crusades. Vol.2, The kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East 1100-1187 more books like this

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E.F. Benson: Remembered, and the World of Tilling

by Cynthia; Reavell Reavell, Tony; Runciman, Sir Steven (Preface).

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White Rajahs.Op more books like this

by Sir Steven Runciman

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