The Rise and Fall of Byzantine Butrint (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780953555673)

This lavishly illustrated book details one of the most turbulent periods of Mediterranean history (AD 400-1200) in the light of the latest archaeological results from the Epirote city of Butrint. The flourishing Christian city, with its churches and elaborate mosaic pavements, was gradually replaced first by a succession of homesteads before the re-making of Butrint as a town around AD 1000. However, Byzantine authority was eventually extinguished in the face of the Venetians and their Frankish allies. This book presents a vivid new understanding of the remaking and social organisation of towns in the middle Byzantine period a period that endured the end of the Roman world and the creation of a medieval Europe.

Author: Richard Hodges
ISBN-10: 0953555674
ISBN-13: 9780953555673
Publisher: Butrint Foundation
Language: English
Published: 12/14/2008
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.20w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2009 pg. 38