Byzantium after Byzantium Although Constantinople fell to the Turks in 1453, bringing an end to the Eastern Roman Empire which had survived its predecessor in the West by nearly one thousand years, this important book argues that Byzantium did not die, but continued to influence European history all the way up to the begin ning of the nineteenth century. This English translation of one of the classic works by the great Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga tells the story of the impact of the fall of Byzantium on European civilization and the continuation of Byzantine institutions in Southeastern Europe. Originally published in French in 1935, this book is still of great actuality and contributes to an understanding of the political, social, cultural, and intellec rual background for the history of the tumultuous region of Southeastern Europe. The author's formala "Byzantium after Byzantium" defines several centuries of world history. lorga points out the great contributions of Byzantine civilization to the Western world, especially during the Renaissance. He demonstrates that Byzantium survived through its people and local autonomies, as well as through its exiles clerics, scholars, merchants, and political officials. All of this allows us to speak of a Byzantium after Byzantium. As lorga points out, "after the transformation in 1453, in many ways only on the surface, it (Byzantine culture) annexed itself to the Gothic world of Transylvania, to Poland, to the Romanian principality of Moldavia, and, through different means, transmitted itself to the West during the Renaissance. Many new things come to the surface during this period, bat at its basis the ever present Byzantine continuity remained." The author, Nicolae lorga (1871-1940), was one of Romania's greatest histo rians. He studied at the universities of layi, Paris, Berlin, and Leipzig where he completed his doctorate in 1893. He went on to become professor of history at the University of Bucharest, achieving international renown as a historian, receiving honorary degrees from universities throughout the world and being made a member of the French, Yugoslav, Polish, and Romanian academies. During his long and distinguished academic career, lorga authored more than 1,000 books and 12,000 articles. This book contains a preface by one of Romania's leading historians of Southeastern Europe, Academician Virgil CandeaÂ
Bound, simili-leather binding with orig. dustjacket, 256pp., 15.5x23cm., ills. in b/w., in very good condition (top of the spine (binding and dustjacket) slightly damaged, else as new). ISBN: 9739432093.
5x23cm
256 pp.
Center for Romanian Studies 2000 Iasi Romania
