Relations Between East and West in the Middle Ages by Minshull, Baker New..

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Relations Between East and West in the Middle AgesAuthor(s): Derek Baker\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138531697, 978-1138531697\nSynopsis\nIn the Roman Empire, relations between East and West meant connections between the eastern and western parts of a unified structure of empire. Romans sometimes complained about the corrupting influence on their city of Greeks and Orientals, but they employed Greek tutors to educate their sons. People did not think of the eastern and western parts of the empire as being separate entities whose relations with each other must be the object of careful study. Even at the moment of the empire's birth, there was a clear idea of where the Latin West ended and the Greek East began. This began to change with Constantine, when the Roman Empire was split in two, with Rome itself in decay.\n\nThis volume, first published in 1973, derives from a colloquium on medieval history held at Ed.