A History of Byzantium
Blackwell History of the Ancient World
2. Edition December 2009
480 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
The second edition of Gregory's widely praised text provides a deeper insight into social and economic conditions of the time, with more emphasis on how ordinary people lived during the history of the Empire. Visual documents, such as photographs of art and architecture, are used alongside text to illustrate discussions about life in the Byzantine Empire. Based on the very latest scholarship, and written in a clear, narrative prose, this fascinating volume is both an ideal textbook for Byzantine History courses, and fully accessible to a wide audience.
This revised and expanded edition of the widely-praised A History of Byzantium covers the time of Constantine the Great in AD 306 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
* Expands treatment of the middle and later Byzantine periods, incorporating new archaeological evidence
* Includes additional maps and photographs, and a newly annotated, updated bibliography
* Incorporates a new section on web resources for Byzantium studies
* Demonstrates that Byzantium was important in its own right but also served as a bridge between East and West and ancient and modern society
* Situates Byzantium in its broader historical context with a new comparative timeline and textboxes
List of Maps.
List of Boxes.
Preface to the Second Edition.
Preface to the First Edition.
Introduction.
1. The Crisis of the Third Century.
2. The Revival under Diocletian.
3. The Age of Constantine the Great.
4. The Fourth Century: Constantius II to Theodosios I.
5. The Fifth Century.
6. The Age of Justinian.
7. The Byzantine "Dark Ages": Late Sixth and Seventh Centuries.
8. The Isaurian Dynasty and Iconoclasm.
9. Continued Struggle over Ikons.
10. The Beginnings of the Macedonian Dynasty.
11. The Apogee of Byzantine Power.
12. The Komnenoi.
13. The Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade.
14. The Beginnings of Decline.
15. The End of the Empire.
16. Byzantium after the Fall of the City.
Glossary.
General Bibliography.
A Selection of Primary Sources in English Translation.
List of Byzantine Rulers.
Comparative Chronology.
Electronic Resources.
Index.
