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  • The Age of Justinian & Theodora

    by William Gordon Holmes ...
    In the period I have chosen to bring before the reader, civilization was on the decline, and progress imperceptible, but the germs of a riper growth were still existent, concealed within the spreading darkness of medievalism. When Grecian science and philosophy seemed to stand on the threshold of modern enlightenment the pall of despotism and superstition descended on the earth and stifled every ... Read more

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  • The Age of Justinian and Theodora: A History of the 6th Century A.D.

    by William Gordon Holmes ...
    Justinian I ,commonly known as Justinian the Great, was Eastern Roman Emperor from 527 to 565. During his reign, Justinian sought to reconquer the lost western half of the classical Roman Empire. Justinian's reign is marked by the ambitious but only partly realized renovatio imperii, or "restoration of the Empire".This ambition was expressed by the partial recovery of the territories of the ... Read more

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  • The Age of Justinian and Theodora: A History of the Sixth Century A.D. (Complete)

    by William Gordon Holmes ...
    The birth and death of worlds are ephemeral events in a cycle of astronomical time. In the life history of a stellar system, of a planet, of an animal, parallel periods of origin, exuberance, and of extinction are exhibited to our experience, or to our understanding. Man, in his material existence confined to a point, by continuity of effort and perpetuity of thought, becomes coequal and ... Read more

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  • The Age of Justinian and Theodora (Vol.1&2) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. History of Byzantine Empire in Sixth Century A.D.

    by William Gordon Holmes, Greta Somerwick ...
    The Age of Justinian and Theodora (Vol. 1 & 2) is an expansive study of the sixth-century Byzantine world, centered on the reign of Justinian I and the formidable political presence of Theodora. Holmes reconstructs imperial administration, warfare, theology, law, court life, and social customs with a panoramic method characteristic of late Victorian historical writing. His prose is dense, learned, ... Read more

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  • The Rise and Fall of Byzantine Empire: A 5-Volume Anthology

    Imperial Strategy, Crusades, Constantinople, and the Ottoman Conquest

    by Charles Oman, J. B. Bury, William Gordon Holmes, Joseph François Michaud, Edwin Pears ...
    The Rise and Fall of Byzantine Empire gathers five substantial historical studies into a panoramic account of an empire poised between Roman inheritance, Christian sovereignty, and the changing worlds of Islam and medieval Europe. Ranging from narrative political history and military analysis to reflections on diplomacy, religion, law, and crusading encounter, the volumes illuminate both imperial ... Read more

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  • The Age of Justinian and Theodora (Vol.1&2)

    Enriched edition. History of Byzantine Empire in Sixth Century A.D.

    by William Gordon Holmes, Gabriel Fox ...
    In "The Age of Justinian and Theodora (Vol. 1 & 2)", William Gordon Holmes intricately explores the complex socio-political landscape of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of Emperor Justinian I and his influential wife, Theodora. Holmes employs a rigorous historical narrative flavored with vivid characterizations and elaborate contextual analysis, illustrating the interplay between power, ... Read more

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  • The Age of Justinian and Theodora (Vol.1&2)

    Enriched edition. History of Byzantine Empire in Sixth Century A.D.

    by William Gordon Holmes, Eric Booth ...
    In 'The Age of Justinian and Theodora' (Vol. 1 & 2), William Gordon Holmes masterfully unearths the intricate tapestry of Byzantine history during the reign of two of its most influential figures. This two-volume work employs a meticulous narrative style that combines both scholarly rigor and vivid storytelling, allowing readers to deeply engage with the political, cultural, and religious dynamics ... Read more

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  • History of Byzantine Empire: 5 Essential History Books

    Empire, Faith, Crusades, and Constantinople from Late Rome to the Ottoman Conquest

    by J. B. Bury, William Gordon Holmes, Charles Oman, Joseph François Michaud, Edwin Pears ...
    History of Byzantine Empire: 5 Essential History Books gathers five major historical treatments of Byzantium into a capacious survey of an empire positioned between Roman inheritance, Greek culture, Christian institutions, and the political worlds of Europe and the Near East. Its range extends from narrative chronicle and military history to constitutional analysis and studies of imperial decline, ... Read more

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  • The History of Rome: Mommsen's Rome, volumes 1 to 5 in a single file, in English translation

    by Theodor Mommsen ...
    Mommsen's history of the Roman Republic in five volumes. These volumes cover from the founding of Rome up to the disintegration of the First Triumvirate (Caesar, Pompey, Crassus). The author cites dates in the Roman style, AUC, from the founding of the city in 753 BC. A table at the end shows modern-day equivalents. According to Wikipedia, Mommsen is "generally regarded as the greatest classicist ... Read more

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  • The Fifth Century

    by Edward Freeman ...
    The movements within and without the Empire which, in the course of a few years at the beginning of the fifth century, altogether changed the face of Western Europe have never, as far as I know, been told in our own tongue, perhaps not in any other tongue, as a connected tale. The facts are recorded by Gibbon with his usual accuracy, clearness, and careful reference to authorities; but they are ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Medieval History - Book II

    The Triumph of Christianity

    by T.M. Lindsay, H.M. Gwatkin, C.H. Turner ...
    THE old or official religions of Greece and of Rome had lost most of their power long before Constantine first declared that Christianity was henceforth to be recognized as a religio licita and then proceeded to bestow the Imperial favor on the faith which his predecessors had persecuted. Hellenism had destroyed their influence over the cultivated classes, and other religions, coming from the East ... Read more

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  • Cambridge Medieval History: The Rise of the Saracens and the Foundation of the Western Empire

    by J.B. Bury, Charles River Editors ...
    *Includes Table of ContentsBurys The Rise of the Saracens and the Foundation of the Western Empire is an expansive history of the Dark Ages. Curated by the famous historian J.B. Bury, The Rise of the Saracens and the Foundation of the Western Empire chronicles the history of the former Western Roman Empire, and Eastern Empire from the 6th to 9th centuries A.D. A table of contents is included for ... Read more

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