Efnisyfirlit

• Cover
• Dedication
• Title
• Copyright
• List of Figures
• List of Maps
• List of Boxes
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Preface to the First Edition
• Introduction
• Medieval and Modern Attitudes toward Byzantium
• The Institutions of the Roman Empire
• Christianity and the Christian Church
• The Geographical Background of Byzantine History
• Sources for Byzantine History
• FURTHER READING
• 1 The Crisis of the Third Century
• End of the Severan Dynasty and the Beginning of Anarchy
• Attempts toward Recovery
• Political, Economic, and Social Problems
• Philosophy and Religion in the Third Century
• FURTHER READING
• PRIMARY SOURCES IN TRANSLATION
• 2 The Revival under Diocletian
• The Rise of Diocletian (284–305)
• The Tetrarchy
• Military Successes
• The Position of the Emperor and his Court
• Administrative Reforms
• Military Reform
• Economic Policies
• Religion and Culture
• FURTHER READING
• PRIMARY SOURCES IN TRANSLATION
• 3 The Age of Constantine the Great
• The Rise of Constantine
• Battle of the Milvian Bridge (312)
• The “Conversion” of Constantine
• The Undivided Reign of Constantine the Great
• Secular Policies
• The Founding of Constantinople (330)
• Constantine’s Building Program
• The Death of Constantine (337)
• FURTHER READING
• PRIMARY SOURCES IN TRANSLATION
• 4 The Fourth Century: Constantius II to Theodosios I
• The Sons of Constantine
• Julian the Apostate (361–363)
• Jovian (363–364)
• Valentinian I (364–375) and Valens (364–378)
• The Barbarian World
• Christian Culture in the Fourth Century
• The Germanic Peoples
• The Battle of Adrianople (August 8, 378)
• Theodosios the Great (379–395) and Gratian (375–383)
• The Fourth Century as an Age of Change
• Social and Economic Conditions
• FURTHER READING
• PRIMARY SOURCES IN TRANSLATION
• 5 The Fifth Century
• The House of Theodosios in the East
• The Christological Controversy
• Marcian and the Emperors of the Fifth Century
• Anastasios I (491–519)
• Religion and Society in the Fifth Century
• FURTHER READING
• PRIMARY SOURCES IN TRANSLATION
• 6 The Age of Justinian
• Background: The Reign of Justin I
• Justinian and Theodora: Early Years to 532
• The Nika Revolt
• Aftermath: The Building Program
• FURTHER READING
• The Imperium Restored: Wars of Reconquest in the West
• Theological Controversy
• Continued Legal Activity
• Later Years
• Prokopios, the Secret History, and an Evaluation of the Reign of Justinian
• FURTHER READING
• PRIMARY SOURCES IN TRANSLATION
• 7 The Byzantine “Dark Ages”: Late Sixth and Seventh Centuries
• Aftermath of the Age of Justinian
• Slavic Invasions and the Causes of the “Dark Ages”
• Herakleios (610–641)
• Theological Problems
• The Arab Invasions
• The Successors of Herakleios
• Constantine IV (668–685)
• Justinian II, First Reign (685–695)
• Weak Emperors and Near Anarchy (695–717)
• Social and Economic Changes
• The Theme System and Administrative Reorganization
• FURTHER READING
• PRIMARY SOURCES IN TRANSLATION
• 8 The Isaurian Dynasty and Iconoclasm
• Leo III (717–741)
• Ikons and the Theory of Ikons
• The Outbreak of Iconoclasm
• Constantine V (741–775)
• Leo IV the Khazar (775–780)
• The Reign of Irene and the First Restoration of Ikons
• FURTHER READING
• PRIMARY SOURCES IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
• 9 Continued Struggle over Ikons
• Nikephoros (802–811)
• Michael I Rangabe (811–813)
• Second Iconoclasm
• The Amorian Dynasty
• Theophilos (829–842)
• The Restoration of Ikons
• Ramifications of the End of Iconoclasm
• The Mission to the Slavs
• FURTHER READING
• PRIMARY SOURCES IN TRANSLATION
• 10 The Beginnings of the Macedonian Dynasty
• The Reign of Basil I (867–886)
• The Patriarch Photios
• The Reign of Leo VI (886–912)
• The Regency and Romanos Lekapenos
• The Reign of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos
• FURTHER READING
• PRIMARY SOURCES IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
• 11 The Apogee of Byzantine Power
• Nikephoros II Phokas (963–969) and John I Tzimiskes (969–973)
• The Policies of Nikephoros II and John I Tzimiskes
• The Reign of Basil II (976–1025)
• Constantine VIII (1025–1028)
• Constantine IX Monomachos (1042–1055) and Changes in the Structure of the State
• The Division of the Churches (1054)
• The Battle of Mantzikert (1071)
• FURTHER READING
• PRIMARY SOURCES IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
• 12 The Komnenoi
• Alexios Komnenos and the First Crusade
• John II Komnenos (1118–1143)
• Manuel I Komnenos (1143–1180)
• Andronikos Komnenos (1183–1185) and the Collapse of Central Authority
• Changes in Byzantine Society and Culture
• The Fourth Crusade
• FURTHER READING
• PRIMARY SOURCES IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
• 13 The Aftermath of the Fourth Crusad
• The Latin Empire and the Byzantine Successor States
• The Reconquest of Constantinople
• FURTHER READING
• PRIMARY SOURCES IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
• 14 The Beginnings of Decline
• Andronikos II (1282–1328)
• Civil War
• Hesychasm and Social Unrest
• Stephan Dušan and the Ascendancy of Serbia
• The Economic Situation
• Cultural Developments of the Fourteenth Century
• Byzantium as an Ottoman Vassal: The Reign of John V
• Manuel II Palaiologos (1391–1425)
• FURTHER READING
• 15 The End of the Empire
• The Reign of John VIII Palaiologos
• The Despotate of the Morea in the Fifteenth Century
• The Council of Ferrara–Florence and the Crusade of Varna
• The Fall of the City
• FURTHER READING
• PRIMARY SOURCES IN TRANSLATION
• 16 Byzantium after the Fall of the City
• The Byzantine Survivor States
• Byzantine Christians under Ottoman Rule
• Russia
• The Continuation and Development of Byzantine Culture
• The Decline of the Ottoman Empire
• The Heirs of Byzantium
• FURTHER READING
• Glossary
• General Bibliography
• Primary Sources
• General Works
• The Early Byzantine Period (306–717)
• The Middle Byzantine Period (717–1204)
• The Late Byzantine Period (1204–1453)
• Society and Economy
• Byzantine Women
• Balkans: Byzantium and the Slavs
• Religion, Theology, and the Church
• Intellectual History
• Art and Archaeology
• A Selection of Primary Sources in English Translation
• COLLECTIONS OF SOURCES IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
• TRANSLATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL SOURCES
• Byzantine Rulers
• Western Empire
• Eastern Empire*
• Selected Foreign Rulers
• Comparative Chronology
• Electronic Resources
• General Information about Byzantium
• Sources for Byzantine History in Translation
• Church
• Byzantine Art
• Byzantine Archaeology
• Index
• End User License Agreement