The Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire

This collection of 17 ready-to-teach articles traces the cultural history of the sometimes forgotten Byzantine Empire. It surveys the intellectual, political, economic, and artistic life of a millennium-long Orthodox civilization—one that refined Roman law and founded some of the world's first public hospitals. Discover how Saints Cyril and Methodius journeyed from Constantinople into Eastern Europe, creating a written script to bring Christianity and liturgy to the Slavic peoples. For a thousand years, the Byzantine Empire shielded Western Europe from external invasions, ultimately preserving the classical knowledge that allowed the Renaissance to flourish in all its splendor in Italy.

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