Byzantium And Venice,New Lauer Beginning With Scripture

Beginning With Scripture

Provides An Indispensable Guide For Students And Scholars In A Wide Variety Of Disciplines

Was Dean Of York And Before That Professor Of Christian Theology In The University Of Nottingham

Augustine'S Concerns Are Often Strikingly Contemporary

Byzantium And Venice,New Lauer Beginning With ScriptureThis Book Traces The Diplomatic, Cultural, And Commercial Links Between Constantinople And Venice From The Foundation Of The Venetian Republic To The Fall Of The Byzantine Empire. It Aims To Show How, With The Encouragement Of The Fourth Crusade In 1204, The Venetians Came To Dominate First The Genoese And Thereafter The Whole Byzantine Economy. At The Same Time, The Author Points To Those Important Cultural And, Above All, Political Reasons Why The