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发表于2024-11-23
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In AD 476 the Roman Empire fell–or rather, its western half did. Its eastern half, which would come to be known as the Byzantine Empire, would endure and often flourish for another eleven centuries. Though its capital would move to Constantinople, its citizens referred to themselves as Roman for the entire duration of the empire’s existence. Indeed, so did its neighbors, allies, and enemies: When the Turkish Sultan Mehmet II conquered Constantinople in 1453, he took the title Caesar of Rome, placing himself in a direct line that led back to Augustus.
For far too many otherwise historically savvy people today, the story of the Byzantine civilization is something of a void. Yet for more than a millennium, Byzantium reigned as the glittering seat of Christian civilization. When Europe fell into the Dark Ages, Byzantium held fast against Muslim expansion, keeping Christianity alive. When literacy all but vanished in the West, Byzantium made primary education available to both sexes. Students debated the merits of Plato and Aristotle and commonly committed the entirety of Homer’s Iliad to memory. Streams of wealth flowed into Constantinople, making possible unprecedented wonders of art and architecture, from fabulous jeweled mosaics and other iconography to the great church known as the Hagia Sophia that was a vision of heaven on earth. The dome of the Great Palace stood nearly two hundred feet high and stretched over four acres, and the city’s population was more than twenty times that of London’s.
From Constantine, who founded his eponymous city in the year 330, to Constantine XI, who valiantly fought the empire’s final battle more than a thousand years later, the emperors who ruled Byzantium enacted a saga of political intrigue and conquest as astonishing as anything in recorded history. Lost to the West is replete with stories of assassination, mass mutilation and execution, sexual scheming, ruthless grasping for power, and clashing armies that soaked battlefields with the blood of slain warriors numbering in the tens of thousands.
Still, it was Byzantium that preserved for us today the great gifts of the classical world. Of the 55,000 ancient Greek texts in existence today, some 40,000 were transmitted to us by Byzantine scribes. And it was the Byzantine Empire that shielded Western Europe from invasion until it was ready to take its own place at the center of the world stage. Filled with unforgettable stories of emperors, generals, and religious patriarchs, as well as fascinating glimpses into the life of the ordinary citizen, Lost to the West reveals how much we owe to this empire that was the equal of any in its achievements, appetites, and enduring legacy.
拉尔斯•布朗沃思 Lars Brownworth
英语世界公认最会讲历史故事的作家之一,著名播主、作家、教师,创立了最早的历史播客“拜占庭十二帝”。苹果公司认为,“拜占庭十二帝”是使其播客风格得以形成的50个播客之一。目前,布朗沃思一直更新着他的历史播客,拥有大量的忠实听众,并且在美国一所教会大学担任历史系主任。
《纽约时报》曾认为布朗沃思是一位杰出的历史普及作家。他著有畅销历史作品《诺曼风云:从蛮族到王族的三个世纪》《维京传奇:来自海上的战狼》和《拜占庭帝国:拯救西方文明的东罗马千年史》。书中的笔法延续了他播客中引人入胜的叙事风格和性格鲜明的人物描写,都曾登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜单。
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评分一本书写好一千年历史确实很不容易。能写的不枯燥,已经是很不容易了
评分一本书写好一千年历史确实很不容易。能写的不枯燥,已经是很不容易了
评分一本书写好一千年历史确实很不容易。能写的不枯燥,已经是很不容易了
评分一本书写好一千年历史确实很不容易。能写的不枯燥,已经是很不容易了
得到听书: 本书拉尔斯·布朗沃思还著有《维京传奇》《诺曼风云》,与《拜占庭帝国》合称为“欧洲中世纪三部曲”。 关于《拜占庭帝国》分为三部分,第一部分中,将从时间、空间、政治、经济、文化等方面剖析拜占庭帝国;第二部分,将从外交政策、经济主权、权力结构三方面,梳理...
评分 评分得到听书: 本书拉尔斯·布朗沃思还著有《维京传奇》《诺曼风云》,与《拜占庭帝国》合称为“欧洲中世纪三部曲”。 关于《拜占庭帝国》分为三部分,第一部分中,将从时间、空间、政治、经济、文化等方面剖析拜占庭帝国;第二部分,将从外交政策、经济主权、权力结构三方面,梳理...
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Lost to the West pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024