Rustam Shukurov

Byzantine Ideas of Persia, 650-1461

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a study into the perceptions of ancient and medieval Iran in the Byzantine Empire, as well as the effects of Persian culture upon Byzantine intellectualism, society, and culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9781032070674
• ISBN-10: 1032070676
• Artikelnr.: 68099855

Autorenporträt

Rustam Shukurov, PhD, D.Sc. in History (2012), is a Visiting Scholar at the University of St Andrews. He graduated from Moscow State University in 1984 and worked there for more than 30 years as a lecturer in Byzantine and Medieval studies. He has published several monographs, translations and articles on Byzantium, Iranian and Turkic History, including The Grand Komnenoi and the Orient, 1204-1461 (Moscow, 2001) and The Byzantine Turks, 1204-1461 (Leiden; Boston, 2016).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1. Sacred Persia
Chapter 2. The pre-history of the Magi
Chapter 3. The holy Persians
Chapter 4. Memorizing Persia
Chapter 5. Activating memory
Chapter 6. Vicissitudes of wisdom
Chapter 7. Iranian Actualities
Appendix: A list of some remarkable New Persian borrowings
A Greco-Iranian epilogue