Ambassadors, Artists, Theologians. Byzantine Relations with the Near East from the Ninth to the Thirteenth Century 9783795434366

Books on Asia from the Near East to the Far East 9781442631991

This is a selected, annotated list of some 2,000 books on Asia in English and French currently in print, chosen with the

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Kassia the Nun in Context: The Religious Thought of a Ninth-Century Byzantine Monastic 9781463216856

Kassia the Nun offers a unique glimpse into ninth-century Byzantium in the only woman whose works were included in the c

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Kassia the Nun in Context: The Religious Thought of a Ninth-Century Byzantine Monastic 9781463216856

Kassia the Nun offers a unique glimpse into ninth-century Byzantium in the only woman whose works were included in the c

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Life in the Middle Ages: from the seventh to the thirteenth century 9780268013011, 9780268013004

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The Investiture Controversy: Church and Monarchy from the Ninth to the Twelfth Century 9780812200164

"This book describes the roots of a set of ideals that effected a radical transformation of eleventh-century Europe

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The Monotheisation of Pontic-Caspian Eurasia: From the Eighth to the Thirteenth Century 9781474478120

A comparative approach to the effects of monotheism on ethnicity and state-formation in Western Eurasia Offers a compara

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The Investiture Controversy: Church and Monarchy from the Ninth to the Twelfth Century 0812200160, 9780812200164

"This book describes the roots of a set of ideals that effected a radical transformation of eleventh-century Europe

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Ambassadors from the Island of Immortals: China-Japan Relations in the Han-Tang Period 9780824861391

Using recent archaeological findings and little-known archival material, Wang Zhenping introduces readers to the world o

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The Emperor and the World: Exotic Elements and the Imaging of Middle Byzantine Imperial Power, Ninth to Thirteenth Centuries C.E. 1107004772, 9781107004771

Byzantine imperial imagery is commonly perceived as a static system. In contrast to this common portrayal, this book dra

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The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century 0231056834, 9780231056830

The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry presents translations of more than 420 poems by 96 poets drawn from the great ages o

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