The History

The History
Author: Michael Attaleiates
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 657
Release: 2012-11-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674057996

In 1039 Byzantium was the most powerful empire in Europe and the Near East. By 1079 it was a politically unstable state half the size, menaced by enemies on all sides. The History of Michael Attaleiates is our main source for this astonishing reversal. This translation, based on the most recent critical edition, includes notes, maps, and glossary.

Dumbarton Oaks

Dumbarton Oaks
Author: Robert C. Hilderbrand
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2001-02-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780807849507

Hilderbrand explains why, with the Second World War moving toward an Allied victory in the summer of 1944, the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and China began to give greater priority to protecting their own sovereignty than to preventing

Perspectives on Garden Histories

Perspectives on Garden Histories
Author: Michel Conan
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1999
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780884022657

Comprising ten papers which critically examine the field of garden history, presented at the twenty-first Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture. Topics include changes in approaches to garden history and architectural studies over time and new historical investigations and discoveries in Italian and Mughal gardens. Good