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By Nicolas Oikonomides, Elizabeth Zachariadou

''Society, tradition and Politics in Byzantium'' is the fourth number of papers via the overdue Nicolas Oikonomides to be released within the ''Variorum gathered stories Series''. Its concentration is upon the Byzantine global after the Fourth campaign and through the Palaeologan interval, although numerous experiences care for an extended time span. The twenty-eight articles integrated glance first at questions of language and literacy, after which on the relationships among artwork and politics. the ultimate sections research features of the historical past of the later empire, within the age of its decline, stuck among the commercial penetration of the Western eu states and the growth of the Ottoman Turks, and think about the advance of Byzantine associations, monasteries and the Church during this interval.

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