Steven Runciman

Podrobnoe issledovanie odnogo iz samykh zakhvatyvajuschikh epizodov Srednevekovja - Krestovykh pokhodov. Avtor, vydajuschijsja britanskij uchenyj, daet raznostoronnij obzor istorii Vizantii i islama, a takzhe religioznykh sporov, kotorye priveli k vozniknoveniju mnozhestva khristianskikh tserkvej. V knige rassmatrivaetsja istorija zarozhdenija samoj idei krestonosnogo dvizhenija, ego skrytye prichiny. Privedeny osnovnye etapy Pervogo krestovogo pokhoda. Pokazany vzaimootnoshenija mezhdu ego uchastnikami, ikh vragami i sojuznikami. Povestvovanie prodolzhaetsja do togo momenta, kogda novoobrazovannoe Ierusalimskoe korolevstvo poluchaet svoego pervogo korolja. Perevodchik: Shulikova T. M. Redaktor: Glebovskaja L. I.

Kniga britanskogo istorikamedievista Stivena Ransimena okhvatyvaet period ot Tretego krestovogo pokhoda kontsa XII veka do serediny XV veka, kogda krestonosnoe dvizhenie okonchatelno soshlo na net. Ransimen povestvuet o gorkom stoletii, posledovavshem za zavoevaniem Ierusalima Saladinom, kratkom periode vozrozhdenija frankskikh gosudarstv Utremera i padenii Akry, poslednego oplota khristian na Vostoke. Istorik takzhe rasskazyvaet o poslednikh krestovykh pokhodakh, kotorym udalos ili ne udalos dostich sten Ierusalima, a takzhe o prikhode k vlasti mamljukov i pojavlenii mongolov na Svjatoj zemle. V poslednikh glavakh avtor podvodit itogi epokhi krestovykh pokhodov i daet kratkij obzor remesel i iskusstv v Utremere. Perevodchik: Shulikova T. Redaktor: Glebovskaja L. I.

Britanskij uchenyj Stiven Ransimen v svoem trude rasskazyvaet istoriju frankskikh gosudarstv Utremera so vremeni vosshestvija na prestol korolja Balduina I do zavoevanija Ierusalima Saladinom. Avtor sosredotochil vnimanie na Utremere, uchityvaja, chto on suschestvoval v period aktivnoj zapadnoevropejskoj politiki i religioznykh vojn. Imenno mnogochislennym kampanijam i posvjaschena kniga, tak kak vsja zhizn v Utremere prokhodila na ikh fone, i opasnosti, kharakternye dlja polja boja, neredko stanovilis sudbonosnymi. Istorik schel nuzhnym vkljuchit v knigu glavu, posvjaschennuju zhizni vo frankskikh gosudarstvakh na Vostoke, tomu, kak oni byli ustroeny. Perevodchik: Davydova A. B. Redaktor: Glebovskaja L. I.

Sir Steven Runciman tells the story of the First Bulgarian Empire as only he can. Few other historians before or since have been able to tell such a riveting and vibrant tale while maintaining such a high standard of academic rigor. Sir Steven is the rare writer who can engage a popular audience and satisfy the demands of the professional historian at the same time.

The second volume of Steven Runciman's classic, hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusades'There was magic about. Saladin himself was troubled by terrible dreams...'Steven Runciman's unrivalled history of the Crusades is a classic of learning and vivid, compelling storytelling, which brilliantly brings to life the personalities, battles, massacres, triumphs and follies of these epochal events. In this second volume of his trilogy Runciman tells the story of the foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the disastrous, bloody Second Crusade and the inexorable rise of the crusaders' nemesis, Saladin. 'The pre-eminent historian of the Byzantine Empire and of the Crusades ... a surefooted guide who could render the past visible and familiar' Daily Telegraph'He tells his story plain ... always pleasurable to read' Gore Vidal

The third volume of Steven Runciman's classic, hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusades'The whole tale is one of faith and folly, courage and greed, hope and disillusion'Steven Runciman's triumphant three-volume A History of the Crusades remains an unsurpassed account of the events that changed the world and continue to resonate today. This final volume of the trilogy begins with the glamorous Third Crusade and ends with the ruinous collapse of the crusader states and the degeneration of their ideals, which reached its nadir in the tragic destruction of Byzantium. 'When historical events are written about with this sort of command, they take on not only the universality of a fairy tale but also a certain moral weight. Runciman writes both seductively and instructively about the dignity and beauty of different religious beliefs and about the difficulties of their co-existence' Independent

The first volume of Steven Runciman's classic, hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusades'On a February day in the year AD 638 the Caliph Omar entered Jerusalem, riding upon a white camel'An enthralling work of grand historical narrative, Steven Runciman's A History of the Crusades overturned the traditional view of the Crusades as a romantic Christian adventure, and instead shifted the focus of the story to the East. With verve and drama, volume one of Runciman's trilogy tells the story of the First Crusade - from its unlikely beginnings in pilgrimage to the horrors of the siege of Jerusalem and the carving out of new territory on the edge of the eastern Mediterranean.'Without question one of the major feats of contemporary historical writing' The New York Times'The historian whose magisterial works transformed our understanding of Byzantium, the medieval church and the crusades' Guardian

Clinging to a rugged hillside in the lush valley of Sparta lies Mistra, one of the most dramatically beautiful Byzantine cities in Greece, a place steeped in history, myth, and romance. Following the Frankish conquest of the Peloponnese in the thirteenth century, William II of Villehardouin built a great castle on a hill near Sparta that later came to be known as Mistra. Ten years later, in a battle in northern Greece, Villehardouin was defeated and captured by the Byzantine emperor. The terms for his release included giving Mistra to the Byzantine Greeks. Under their rule, the city flourished and developed into a center of learning and the arts and was a focal point for the cultural development of Europe. Sir Steven Runciman, one of the most distinguished historians of the Byzantine period, traveled to Mistra on numerous occasions and became enchanted with the place. Now published in paperback for the first time, Lost Capital of Byzantium tells the story of this once-great city--its rise and fall and its place in the history of the Peloponnese and the Byzantine empire.

L'episode des Vepres siciliennes est un moment-clef de l'histoire europeenne. Le 30 mars 1282, les cloches des eglises de Sicile appellent les fideles aux vepres. Au signal, la foule des habitants de l'ile se rue sur les troupes francaises, envoyees par Charles d'Anjou pour surveiller l'ile. En quelques minutes, ils sont morts et la revolte se repand comme une trainee de poudre dans toute l'Italie. De ces Paques sanglantes qui inspirerent un opera a Verdi, Steven Runciman fait le point de depart d'une analyse aussi brillante que documentee de la geostrategie et l'histoire de la Mediterranee medievale. Sir Steven Runciman (1903-2000), qui fut professeur a Cambridge, est l'un des plus grands historiens de notre temps. Il est l'auteur d'une magistrale Histoire des Croisades (Tallandier, 2006) et de nombreux ouvrages sur le monde mediterraneen medieval, dont, aux Belles Lettres, Le Schisme d'Orient. La Papaute et les Eglises d'Orient XIe-XIIe siecles (2005).