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<p>This is Sir Steven Runciman's established and widely admired classic account of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, first published in 1968. The Great Church, as the Greeks called the Orthodox Patriarchate, was the spiritual centre of the Byzantine world. The Church's survival during the four centuries of Turkish rule which followed the fall of Constantinople bore witness to its strenght and to the unquenchable vitality of Hellenism. Sir Steven Runciman's history of the Great Church in this period is written with scholarship, sympathy and style.</p>

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Author

Sir Steven Runciman

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

1985

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521071888

Category

history

Subjects

Religion, Philosophy, History

Rating

4.31 / 5 (71 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13