Arguing It Out: Discussion in Twelfth-Century Byzantium

by Averil Cameron

The long twelfth century, from the seizure of the throne by Alexius I Comnenus in 1081, to the sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204, is a period recognized as fostering the most brilliant cultural development in Byzantine history, especially in its literary production. It was a time of intense creativity as well as of rising tensions, and one for which literary approaches are a lively area in current scholarship.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 963386111X
• ISBN13: 9789633861110
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Central European University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.9"