TY - BOOK ID - 32433253 TI - Byzantium : the surprising life of a medieval empire AU - Herrin, Judith AU - Princeton University Press PY - 2007 SN - 9780691131511 0691131511 PB - Princeton ; Oxford Princeton University Press DB - UniCat KW - Byzantine Empire KW - Empire byzantin KW - History KW - Civilization KW - Histoire KW - Civilisation KW - History of Europe KW - anno 500-1499 UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32433253 AB - Explores the rise and fall of the Byzantine Empire, including important figures who shaped its history and the role it played in protecting Christianity from Islam's expansion across western Europe. ER -