Arguing It Out ― Discussion in Twelfth-century Byzantium

Cameron focuses on Byzantium and mainly on the elite circles of its capital, Constantinople in the long 12th century: the Comnenian period, from the seizure of the throne by Alexius I Comnenus in 1081 to the sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. This is a period recognized as one of the most brilliant in Byzantine history in cultural terms and especially in terms of its literary production, she says, but it was also a period in which Byzantium felt the fateful impact of the Crusades. She explores inside Byzantium, Latins and Greeks, Jews and Muslims, and bringing it together. Distributed in the US by Books International. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)