Название: A Cabinet of Byzantine Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from History's Most Orthodox Empire
Автор: Anthony Kaldellis
Издательство: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190625945
Год: 2017
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 249
Размер: 34,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

Weird, decadent, degenerate, racially mixed, superstitious, theocratic, effeminate, and even hyper-literate, Byzantium has long been regarded by many as one big curiosity. According to Voltaire, it represented "a worthless collection of miracles, a disgrace for the human mind"; for Hegel, it was "a disgusting picture of imbecility."