de Administrando Imperio

by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus

Book Overview

This is a reprint of the second revised edition of the text and translation of the De Administrando Imperio written and compiled by Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus in the tenth century. It contains a wide variety of information on both foreign relations and internal administration and is one of the most important historical documents surviving from the Middle Byzantine period. Its confidential character and generally honest appraisal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884023435
• ISBN13: 9780884023432
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"