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In This Masterful Synthesis, Charalambos Bouras Draws Together Material And Textual Evidence For Athens In The Middle Byzantine Period, From The Mid-tenth Century To 1204, When It Was Conquered By Crusaders. What Emerges From His Meticulous Investigation Is An Urban Fabric Surprisingly Makeshift In Its Domestic Sector Yet Exuberantly Creative In Its Ecclesiastical Architecture. Rather Than Viewing The City As A Mere Shadow Of Its Ancient Past, Bouras Demonstrates How Athens Remained An Important City Of The Byzantine Empire As The Seat Of A Metropolitan, Home To Local Aristocracy, And Pilgrimage Destination For Those Who Came To Worship At The Christian Parthenon. Byzantine Athens Explores The Relationship Of The Byzantine Infrastructure To Earlier Configurations, Shedding Light On The Water Supply, Industrial Facilities, Streets And Fortifications Of Medieval Athens, And Exploring The Evidence For The Form And Typology Of Byzantine Houses. Thanks To Bouras’s Indefatigable Study Of All Available Archaeological Reports The First Part Of The Book Offers An Overall Picture Of The Middle Byzantine City. The Second Part Presents A Fully Documented And Illustrated Catalogue Of Nearly 40

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Author

Charalambos Bouras

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781351596978

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities