Byzantium has long been regarded by many as one big curiosity – decadent, degenerate, superstitious, theocratic, effeminate. With its tales and trivia – ranging across religion, bureaucracy, food, theatre, medicine, xenophobia, warfare – this book will confirm some of these prejudices, but also open eyes to the life of this extraordinarily interesting civilization.
ISBN: 978-0-19-062594-8
