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Title:
A cabinet of Byzantine curiosities : strange tales and surprising facts from the world's most orthodox empire / Anthony Kaldellis.
Author:
Kaldellis, Anthony, author.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Call Number:
DF521 .K295 2017
ISBN:
9780190625948
Physical Description:
xii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents:
Marriage and the family -- Unorthodox sex -- Animals -- Food and dining -- Eunuchs -- Medical practice -- Science and technology -- War, by any means -- A menagerie of saints -- Heresy and scandal -- A gallery of rogues -- Inventive insults -- Punishments -- Foreign lands and people, 330-641 AD -- Foreigners and stereotypes, 641-1453 AD -- Latins, Franks, and Germans -- Disasters, mostly acts of God -- The emperors.
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