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Runciman, Steven was born on July 7, 1903 in Northumberland, England. Son of 1st Viscount Runciman and Hilda Stevenson.
(This classic account shows how the fall of Constantinople...)
This classic account shows how the fall of Constantinople in May 1453, after a siege of several weeks, came as a bitter shock to Western Christendom. The city's plight had been neglected, and negligible help was sent in this crisis. To the Turks, victory not only brought a new imperial capital, but guaranteed that their empire would last. To the Greeks, the conquest meant the end of the civilisation of Byzantium, and led to the exodus of scholars stimulating the tremendous expansion of Greek studies in the European Renaissance.
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A History of the Crusades (3 Volume Set); Vol I: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem; Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East 1100-1187; Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades (Hardcover)
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(This study, centred around the reign of the usurping Empe...)
This study, centred around the reign of the usurping Emperor Romanus Lecapenus, was originally published in 1929, reissued in 1963, and has been out of print for several years. It contributed to the revival of interest in Byzantine studies at that time, and has since remained one of the most authoritative and readable accounts of the period.
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Language:Chinese.HardCover. Pub Date: 2014-8-1 Pages: 288 Publisher: Beijing Times Chinese bookstore book Cambridge University Press. 1965 edition. according to Steven Runciman (Steven Runciman) of The Fall of Constantinople 1453 translated. Full translation. br1453 In May. the Byzantine capital of Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turkish Empire. is a major event in world history. It not only represents the Byzantine Empire ended the millennium. the rise of emerging Islamic power. more Europe. the Near East brought the political. economic and profound changes in the culture. and even once as a sign of the end of the Middle Ages. For up to seven weeks of the campaign. both sides regardless of ethnicity. religion. have shown amazing hero integrity and tenacity. very touching. touching. British historian Steven Runciman. 1453- fall of Constantinople. a book published by Cambr...
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3 volume set with history of the crusades
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Runciman examines the revival of the Frankish kingdom at the time of the Third Crusade until its collapse a century later. The various themes of the book include: Christiandom, the replacement of the cultured Ayubites by the less sympathetic Mameluks as leader of the Muslem world, and the coming of the Mongols. He includes a chapter on architecture and the arts, and an epilogue on the last manifestations of the Crusading spirit.
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(The constitution of the Byzantine Empire was based on the...)
The constitution of the Byzantine Empire was based on the conviction that it was the earthly copy of the Kingdom of Heaven. Just as God ruled in Heaven, so the Emperor, made in his image, should rule on earth and carry out his commandments. This was the theory, but in practice the state was never free from its Roman past, particularly the Roman law, and its heritage of Greek culture. Sir Steven Runciman's Weil lectures trace the various ways in which the Emperor tried to put the theory into practice - and thus the changing relationship between church and state - from the days of the first Constantine to those of the eleventh. The theocratic constitution remained virtually unchanged during those eleven centuries. No other constitution in the Christian era has endured for so long.
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(The Sultan of Brunei gave the title of Rajah and sovereig...)
The Sultan of Brunei gave the title of Rajah and sovereignty of Sarawak, a province of Borneo, to James Brooke in 1841 as a reward for helping to peacefully resolve an uprising in the region. Brooke established his reign over the area, and two further Brooke descendants ruled Sarawak as a British protectorate for the next hundred years until Japanese occupation during World War II followed by cession to Britain. Between the three Rajahs they expanded Sarawak territory, successfully squashed piracy and put in place a structured government and justice system that brought harmony to a diverse multicultural society that had long been in turmoil from clashing cultures, particularly with the widespread practice of headhunting. Published first in 1960 as Sarawak ceded to Malaysia, The White Rajah documents this unique and fascinating time made possible by the 'human sympathy, selflessness and a high integrity' of three generations of Brooke men.
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(First published in 1965, this is a scholarly and highly a...)
First published in 1965, this is a scholarly and highly accessible study of Constantinople's fall, an event which had tumultuous repercussions across both East and West. Runciman demonstrates the inevitability of the Turkish conquest and the impotence of the Byzantine Empire which, at the time, comprised only one ineffectual city. This vivid account reconstructs the dramatic events which won the Turks an imperial capital, with a vital geographical location, and examines how the Greeks reacted to this devastating blow.
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(Clinging to a rugged hillside in the lush valley of Spart...)
Clinging to a rugged hillside in the lush valley of Sparta lies Mistra, one of the most dramatically beautiful Byzantine cities in Greece, a place steeped in history, myth, and romance. Following the Frankish conquest of the Peloponnese in the thirteenth century, William II of Villehardouin built a great castle on a hill near Sparta that later came to be known as Mistra. Ten years later, in a battle in northern Greece, Villehardouin was defeated and captured by the Byzantine emperor. The terms for his release included giving Mistra to the Byzantine Greeks. Under their rule, the city flourished and developed into a center of learning and the arts and was a focal point for the cultural development of Europe. Sir Steven Runciman, one of the most distinguished historians of the Byzantine period, traveled to Mistra on numerous occasions and became enchanted with the place. Now published in paperback for the first time, Lost Capital of Byzantium tells the story of this once-great city—its rise and fall and its place in the history of the Peloponnese and the Byzantine empire.
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During the last two centuries of its existence the Byzantine Empire was politically in a state of utter decadence, but, in contrast, its intellectual life has never before shone so brilliantly. In these four lectures the author discusses the leading scholars of the period, their erudition, their intense individualism, their controversies and their achievements.
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(Sir Steven Runciman's three volume A History of the Crusa...)
Sir Steven Runciman's three volume A History of the Crusades, one of the great classics of English historical writing, is now being reissued. In this final volume, Runciman examines the revival of the Frankish kingdom at the time of the Third Crusade until its collapse a century later. The interwoven themes of the book include: Christiandom, the replacement of the cultured Ayubites by the less sympathetic Mameluks as leader of the Moslem world, and the coming of the Mongols. He includes a chapter on architecture and the arts, and an epilogue on the last manifestations of the Crusading spirit.
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(The Sultan of Brunei gave the title of Rajah and sovereig...)
The Sultan of Brunei gave the title of Rajah and sovereignty of Sarawak, a province of Borneo, to James Brooke in 1841 as a reward for helping to peacefully resolve an uprising in the region. Brooke established his reign over the area, and two further Brooke descendants ruled Sarawak as a British protectorate for the next hundred years until Japanese occupation during World War II followed by cession to Britain. Between the three Rajahs they expanded Sarawak territory, successfully squashed piracy and put in place a structured government and justice system that brought harmony to a diverse multicultural society that had long been in turmoil from clashing cultures, particularly with the widespread practice of headhunting. Published first in 1960 as Sarawak ceded to Malaysia, The White Rajah documents this unique and fascinating time made possible by the 'human sympathy, selflessness and a high integrity' of three generations of Brooke men.
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(On 30 March 1282, as the bells of Palermo were ringing fo...)
On 30 March 1282, as the bells of Palermo were ringing for Vespers, the Sicilian townsfolk, crying 'Death to the French', slaughtered the garrison and administration of their Angevin King. Seen in historical perspective it was not an especially big massacre: the revolt of the long-subjugated Sicilians might seem just another resistance movement. But the events of 1282 came at a crucial moment. Steven Runciman takes the Vespers as the climax of a great narrative sweep covering the whole of the Mediterranean in the thirteenth century. His sustained narrative power is displayed here with concentrated brilliance in the rise and fall of this fascinating episode. This is also an excellent guide to the historical background to Dante's Divine Comedy, forming almost a Who's Who of the political figures in it, and providing insight into their placement in Hell, Paradise or Purgatory.
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Runciman, Steven was born on July 7, 1903 in Northumberland, England. Son of 1st Viscount Runciman and Hilda Stevenson.
Student, Eton College. Student, Trinity College, Cambridge, England. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Cambridge University.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Chicago. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Durham. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University London.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Oxford University, England. Doctor of Letters (honorary), St. Andrews University. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Birmingham University, England.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Salonika, Greece. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Sofia. Doctor of Divinity, Wabash College.
Doctor of Letters Hum., Ball State University.
Fellow Trinity College, 1927-1938, lecturer, 1931-1938. Press attache British Legation, Sofia, 1940-1941. Professor Byzantine studies Istanbul University, 1942-1945.
Representative of British Council, Greece, 1945-1947. Chairman Anglo-Hellenic League, 1951-1967. Trustee British Museum, 1960-1967.
(A History of the Crusades (3 Volume Set); Vol I: The Firs...)
(During the last two centuries of its existence the Byzant...)
(The Sultan of Brunei gave the title of Rajah and sovereig...)
(The Sultan of Brunei gave the title of Rajah and sovereig...)
(On 30 March 1282, as the bells of Palermo were ringing fo...)
(Clinging to a rugged hillside in the lush valley of Spart...)
(This study, centred around the reign of the usurping Empe...)
(First published in 1965, this is a scholarly and highly a...)
(This classic account shows how the fall of Constantinople...)
(Sir Steven Runciman's three volume A History of the Crusa...)
(The constitution of the Byzantine Empire was based on the...)
(Runciman examines the revival of the Frankish kingdom at ...)
(3 volume set with history of the crusades)
(Language:Chinese.HardCover. Pub Date: 2014-8-1 Pages: 288...)
Fellow Trinity College, Cambridge, 1927-1938, lecturer, 1931-1938. Fellow British Society, British Academy. Member Academy.Athens (honorary), Royal Irish Academy (honorary), American Philosophical Society (foreign.
Member), Royal Society Literature.
Son of 1st Viscount Runciman and Hilda Stevenson.