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Steven Runciman.
Mistra: Byzantine Capital of the Peloponnese.
Published London: Thames and Hudson, 1980.
ISBN 0500250715.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Pitman Press, Bath, and BAS Printers, Over Wallop.
Size: 160x239x20mm.
Page count: text 160pp; plates 12pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: this copy has some general wear to the dustjacket; boards and spine a little worn at the edges and corners; pages a bit yellowed with age, some more than others due to printing on different grades of paper; previous owner’s signature on the front endpaper, and at least 1 page has a little pencilled annotation.

This item £8.00
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[Tauris Parke paperback in print at £9.99]
Weight without packaging: 498g.

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Emphasis not exclusively medieval. Contents: Vale of Sparta; Coming of the Franks; Foundation of Mistra; Return of the Greeks; The despot Manuel; — Theodore I — Theodore II; The last despots; City of Mistra; Philosophers of Mistra; Rule of the infidel; End of ancient Mistra.

Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: 12 pages of monochrome plates
Maps & plans: 2
Genealogies: 1
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 4pp
Index: yes

See also | Byzantine studies |
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