Arguing it Out Discussion in Twelfth-Century Byzantium

"The social and cultural history of Byzantium seems at first sight unsuited to the kind of thick description at which Natalie Zemon Davis excels. Yet recent scholarship that aims to locate Byzantine culture and society within new global and transnational approaches to history demands a more nua...

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Main Author: Cameron, Averil
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Budapest, Baltimore, Md. Central European University Press 2015
Series:The Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lecture series at Central European University, Budapest
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Collection: Central European UP History & Political Science Backlist - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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