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Historia de las Civilizaciones (#1-12) #5
La Alta Edad Media
Este quinto volumen estudia la Alta Edad Media, el apogeo y la decadencia del Irán Sasánida, el Islam y el empuje de la expansión árabe, Armenia y su historia dividida, Bizancio desde Justiniano hasta Teófilo, el mundo bizantino de los siglos IX y X, la Europa Oriental y el apogeo de los esclavos, los reinos ostrogodo y lombardo, entre otros acontecimientos que marcaron un hito hasta la configuración de la Europa Medieval.
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520 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1965
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About the author
David Talbot Rice
87 books5 followersDavid Talbot Rice CBE (11 July 1903 in Rugby – 12 March 1972 in Cheltenham) was an English art historian. His father was "Talbot-Rice" and both he and his wife published using "Talbot Rice" as a surname, but are also sometimes found under "Rice" alone, or "Talbot-Rice".
Born in Rugby and brought up in Gloucestershire (England), he was educated at Eton prior to reading archaeology and anthropology at Christ Church, Oxford.[1] At Oxford his circle of friends included Evelyn Waugh and Harold Acton as well as his future wife (Elena) Tamara Abelson (1904–1993) whom he was to marry in 1927. She was a Russian émigrée, who was also an art historian, writing on Byzantine and Central Eastern art and other subjects as Tamara Talbot Rice.
Following his graduation, Talbot Rice undertook a number of archaeological digs overseas and developed a passion for all things Byzantine. His expertise in the area of Islamic art was recognised when, in 1932, Samuel Courtauld endowed the Courtauld Institute at the University of London and Talbot Rice was among the first appointments, taking up a position as lecturer.
Talbot Rice was subsequently appointed to the Watson Gordon Chair of Fine Art at the University of Edinburgh in 1934, a post he held until his death in 1972. In 1937 he gave the Ilchester Lecture, later published as The Beginnings of Russian Icon Painting.
During the Second World War Talbot Rice served with modest distinction as Head of the Near East Section of Military Intelligence (MI3b), which was responsible for Eastern Europe including Yugoslavia but excluding Russia and Scandinavia. Originally commissioned onto the Special List in 1939, he transferred to the Intelligence Corps in 1943. He ended the war with the rank of Major.
When peacetime returned he came back to Scotland and established an Honours degree at the University which combined art history and studio art and is still offered today. His ambition to establish an arts centre in the University was realised posthumously when the Talbot Rice Gallery was founded and named after him.
From 1952 to 1954, he led the excavations of the Great Palace of Constantinople in Istanbul, Turkey.
Born in Rugby and brought up in Gloucestershire (England), he was educated at Eton prior to reading archaeology and anthropology at Christ Church, Oxford.[1] At Oxford his circle of friends included Evelyn Waugh and Harold Acton as well as his future wife (Elena) Tamara Abelson (1904–1993) whom he was to marry in 1927. She was a Russian émigrée, who was also an art historian, writing on Byzantine and Central Eastern art and other subjects as Tamara Talbot Rice.
Following his graduation, Talbot Rice undertook a number of archaeological digs overseas and developed a passion for all things Byzantine. His expertise in the area of Islamic art was recognised when, in 1932, Samuel Courtauld endowed the Courtauld Institute at the University of London and Talbot Rice was among the first appointments, taking up a position as lecturer.
Talbot Rice was subsequently appointed to the Watson Gordon Chair of Fine Art at the University of Edinburgh in 1934, a post he held until his death in 1972. In 1937 he gave the Ilchester Lecture, later published as The Beginnings of Russian Icon Painting.
During the Second World War Talbot Rice served with modest distinction as Head of the Near East Section of Military Intelligence (MI3b), which was responsible for Eastern Europe including Yugoslavia but excluding Russia and Scandinavia. Originally commissioned onto the Special List in 1939, he transferred to the Intelligence Corps in 1943. He ended the war with the rank of Major.
When peacetime returned he came back to Scotland and established an Honours degree at the University which combined art history and studio art and is still offered today. His ambition to establish an arts centre in the University was realised posthumously when the Talbot Rice Gallery was founded and named after him.
From 1952 to 1954, he led the excavations of the Great Palace of Constantinople in Istanbul, Turkey.
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November 15, 2018
No he tenido la oportunidad de viajar fuera de mi país, esto obviamente incluyendo un recorrido por la Europa occidental y Oriental; sin embargo, después de este libro, no solo se despiertan las ganas de salir a estos sitios, sino que te queda el sabor de la historia, por lo tanto, la sensación de conocer estos sitios. Este libro es el quinto tomo de la docena, por lo que ya habrás leído desde que la civilización empezó a construir sus primeros cimientos, hasta el apogeo del imperio romano. Este libro empieza con la continuación del imperio romano en el Oriente, a través de Bizancio, y culmina hasta el establecimiento de las razones por las cuales se conciben las cruzadas en el siglo XI. Además, este libro configura a la Europa que actualmente conocemos, partiendo desde sus incios, esto es: los eslavos, los sasánidas del Irán, Mahoma, musulmanes y el Islam, Italia con sus invasiones visigodas, ostrogodas, y lombardas, Francia y sus legados merovingios y carolingios, Escandinavia y sus vikingos, en fin, toda Europa.
Es un libro que te logra situar entre los años 400-1000 y que te hace pensar que la civilización del día de hoy ha logrado muchas cosas, menos deshacerse de la prepotencia y ambición humana.
Es un libro que te logra situar entre los años 400-1000 y que te hace pensar que la civilización del día de hoy ha logrado muchas cosas, menos deshacerse de la prepotencia y ambición humana.
September 24, 2025
No he tenido la oportunidad de viajar fuera de mi país, esto obviamente incluyendo un recorrido por la Europa occidental y Oriental; sin embargo, después de este libro, no solo se despiertan las ganas de salir a estos sitios, sino que te queda el sabor de la historia, por lo tanto, la sensación de conocer estos sitios. Este libro es el quinto tomo de la docena, por lo que ya habrás leído desde que la civilización empezó a construir sus primeros cimientos, hasta el apogeo del imperio romano. Este libro empieza con la continuación del imperio romano en el Oriente, a través de Bizancio, y culmina hasta el establecimiento de las razones por las cuales se conciben las cruzadas en el siglo XI. Además, este libro configura a la Europa que actualmente conocemos, partiendo desde sus incios, esto es: los eslavos, los sasánidas del Irán, Mahoma, musulmanes y el Islam, Italia con sus invasiones visigodas, ostrogodas, y lombardas, Francia y sus legados merovingios y carolingios, Escandinavia y sus vikingos, en fin, toda Europa.
Es un libro que te logra situar entre los años 400-1000 y que te hace pensar que la civilización del día de hoy ha logrado muchas cosas, menos deshacerse de la prepotencia y ambición humana.
Es un libro que te logra situar entre los años 400-1000 y que te hace pensar que la civilización del día de hoy ha logrado muchas cosas, menos deshacerse de la prepotencia y ambición humana.
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