The conquered : Byzantium and America on the cusp of modernity /
"In the middle of the fifteenth century, ominous portents like columns of fire and dense fog were seen above the skies of Constantinople as the Byzantine capital fell under siege by the Ottomans. Allegedly, similar signs appeared a few decades later and seven thousand miles away, forecasting th...
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| Μορφή: | Βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Washington :
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection,
2020.
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| Σειρά: | Extravagantes
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Serendipities
- Byzantium, America, and the "modern"
- Tradition and theory
- Imparting trauma
- Texts and their afterlife.
