A short history of Byzantium
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Knopf,
1997.
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Constantine the Great (to 337)
- Julian the Apostate (337-63)
- The empire at bay (363-95)
- The fall of the west (395-493)
- The rise of Justinian (493-540)
- Justinian-the last years (540-65)
- The first crusader (565-641)
- The Heraclian line (641-711)
- Iconoclasm (711-802)
- The images restored (802-56)
- Of patriarchs and plots (857-67)
- The Macedonian and the sage (867-912)
- The gentle usurper (912-48)
- The scholar emperor (945-63)
- The Bulgar-slayer (976-1025)
- The decline begins (1025-55)
- Manzikert (1055-81)
- Alexius Comnenus (1081-1118)
- John the beautiful (1118-43)
- Manuel Comnenus (1143-80)
- The fourth crusade (1180-1205)
- Exile and homecoming (1205-61)
- The Angevin threat (1261-82)
- The two Andronici (1282-1341)
- The reluctant emperor (1341-54)
- The sultan's vassal (1354-91)
- The appeal to Europe (1391-1448)
- The fall (1448-53).
