The Lost World of ByzantiumA fresh, concise, and accessible history of one of the medieval worlds greatest empires For more than a millennium, the Byzantine Empire presided over the juncture between East and West, as well as the transition from the classical to the modern world. Jonathan Harris, a leading scholar of Byzantium, eschews the usual run through of emperors and battles and instead recounts the empires extraordinary history by focusing each chronological chapter on an