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Byzantium

    Peter Frankopan on History

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    Peter Frankopan on History - Five Plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov

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    Five Plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard
    by Anton Chekhov

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    Peter Frankopan on History - De Administrando Imperio by Constantine Porphyrogenitus

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    De Administrando Imperio
    by Constantine Porphyrogenitus

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    Peter Frankopan on History - The Alexiad by Anna Komnene

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    The Alexiad
    by Anna Komnene

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    Peter Frankopan on History - Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North by Ibn Fadlan

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    Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North
    by Ibn Fadlan

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    Peter Frankopan on History - Landscapes of Power by Caterina Franchi (Editor), Maximilian Lau (Editor) & Morgan Di Rodi (Editor)

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    Landscapes of Power
    by Caterina Franchi (Editor), Maximilian Lau (Editor) & Morgan Di Rodi (Editor)

  • Peter Frankopan on History - Five Plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
  • Peter Frankopan on History - De Administrando Imperio by Constantine Porphyrogenitus
  • Peter Frankopan on History - The Alexiad by Anna Komnene
  • Peter Frankopan on History - Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North by Ibn Fadlan
  • Peter Frankopan on History - Landscapes of Power by Caterina Franchi (Editor), Maximilian Lau (Editor) & Morgan Di Rodi (Editor)

Peter Frankopan on History

What kind of books should we read to get a broader sense of history? Peter Frankopan,  professor of global history at Oxford University, talks us through the books that inspired him.

Peter Frankopan on History

    The best books on Byzantium, recommended by Judith Herrin

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    The best books on Byzantium - Fourteen Byzantine Rulers by Michael Psellus

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    Fourteen Byzantine Rulers
    by Michael Psellus

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    The best books on Byzantium - The World of Late Antiquity by Peter Brown

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    The World of Late Antiquity
    by Peter Brown

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    The best books on Byzantium - A History of the Eastern Roman Empire by J B Bury

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    A History of the Eastern Roman Empire
    by J B Bury

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    The best books on Byzantium - Hagarism by Patricia Crone and Michael Cook.

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    Hagarism
    by Patricia Crone and Michael Cook.

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    The best books on Byzantium - Strolling through Istanbul by Hilary Sumner Boyd and John Freely

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    Strolling through Istanbul
    by Hilary Sumner Boyd and John Freely

  • The best books on Byzantium - Fourteen Byzantine Rulers by Michael Psellus
  • The best books on Byzantium - The World of Late Antiquity by Peter Brown
  • The best books on Byzantium - A History of the Eastern Roman Empire by J B Bury
  • The best books on Byzantium - Hagarism by Patricia Crone and Michael Cook.
  • The best books on Byzantium - Strolling through Istanbul by Hilary Sumner Boyd and John Freely

The best books on Byzantium, recommended by Judith Herrin

Byzantine scholar Judith Herrin, professor emerita at King's College London, selects five books to help us understand the place of Byzantium in world civilisation.

The best books on Byzantium, recommended by Judith Herrin

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