Cover Illustration: (The so-called) Limburger Staurothek, c. 968–985. With kind permission of the Dom- und Diözesanmuseum Limburg. ©Photo: Michael Benecke
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Names: Drocourt, Nicolas, editor. | Kolditz, Sebastian, editor.
Title: A companion to Byzantium and the West, 900–1204 / edited by Nicolas Drocourt, Sebastian Kolditz.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] | Series: Brill’s companions to the byzantine world, 2212–7429 ; vol. 10 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021042330 (print) | LCCN 2021042331 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004498792 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004499249 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Byzantine Empire—Relations—Europe, Western. | Europe, Western—Relations—Byzantine Empire. | Byzantine Empire—History—1081–1453. | Byzantine Empire—Civilization.
Classification: LCC DF547.E85 C66 2022 (print) | LCC DF547.E85 (ebook) | DDC 303.48/2495040902—dc23
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