With clarity and logic, George Ostrogorsky succinctly traces the intricate thousand-year course of the Byzantine Empire.
While his emphasis is on political development, he gives extensive consideration to social, esthetic, economic, and ecclesiastical factors as well.
He also illuminates the Empire's links with classical antiquity, as well as its effect on contemporaneous and subsequent European and Near Eastern history.
The author captures the full sweep, the grandeur, and the tragic cour.
Rutgers University Press History of the byzantine state (revised), paperback/george ostrogorsky
