The Byzantine Empire

Author: Edward FOORD

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A concise and comprehensive guide to the Byzantine empire from Constantine to its dissolution. Foord explores in an accessible manner why it was important to history, the significance of noteworthy events, and how it eventually fell. While sometimes describing the experience of the everyday people, he mainly focuses on the wars and policies of Byzantine emperors. (Summary by Elsie Selwyn)

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PrefaceByzantium and Constantinople the Peerless CapitalConstantine to Arcadius - Barbarian InfluenceTheodosius II to Justinian I - ReorganizationJustinian IJustinian's Successors - Weakness and DecayThe Onset and Repulse of Iran - the coming of IslamThe Warrior HeracliadsDestruction of the Work of the HeracliadsThe Repulse of IslamThe IconoclastsThe Naval and Military SystemsIrene's Successors to Michael IIIThe Early Macedonians - Part 1The Early Macedonians - Part 2The Great Conquerors - Part 1The Great Conquerors - Part 2The Age of WomenThe Coming of the TurksThe Comnenoi - the Last Great Rally, Part 1The Comnenoi - the Last Great Rally, Part 2The Angeloi - the Traitor's StrokeEpilogue - The Death AgonyByzantine Society - the Empire's Place in History

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