: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley Sons Ltd)
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: 01 December 2009
: 245mm X 171mm X 24mm
: United Kingdom
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: Timothy E. Gregory
: Blackwell History of the Ancient World
: Paperback
: 2nd Revised edition
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: 949.502
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: 455
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: 17 maps, 60 b/w figs
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9781405184717
Description
This introduction to the Byzantine civilisation provides a guide for those who know nothing or little about the history of Byzantium. Spanning a vast period from the Emperor Constantine in AD 306 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the book is structured around a chronological political history although social, economic and cultural issues are addressed throughout. More detailed studies of particular people, events or issues are dealt with in 53 'boxes'. The main alterations in the second edition involve giving greater space to social and economic themes, including more localised case studies and more on archaeological evidence. An excellent well-written study which will be useful and interesting to students and those who like to read about medieval history.
Author description
Timothy E. Gregory is Professor of Byzantine History at Ohio State University where he is also Adjunct Professor of Anthropology. He is the author of Vox Populi (1979), Isthmia V. The Fortress and the Hexamilion (1993), The Corinthia in the Roman Period (1993), archaeology editor of The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (1991), and Director of the Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia (Greece).
Table of contents
List of Figures vii
List of Maps x
List of Boxes xi
Preface to the Second Edition xiv
Preface to the First Edition xvi
Introduction 1
1 The Crisis of the Third Century 23
2 The Revival under Diocletian 36
3 The Age of Constantine the Great 49
4 The Fourth Century: Constantius II to Theodosios I 72
5 The Fifth Century 103
6 The Age of Justinian 129
7 The Byzantine "Dark Ages": Late Sixth and Seventh Centuries 160
8 The Isaurian Dynasty and Iconoclasm 198
9 Continued Struggle over Ikons 220
10 The Beginnings of the Macedonian Dynasty 242
11 The Apogee of Byzantine Power 265
12 The Komnenoi 290
13 The Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade 330
14 The Beginnings of Decline 347
15 The End of the Empire 383
16 Byzantium after the Fall of the City 401
Glossary 421
General Bibliography 428
A Selection of Primary Sources in English Translation 435