The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium 0197549322, 9780197549322
A major new history of the eastern Roman Empire, from Constantine to 1453. In recent decades, the study of the Eastern
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Table of contents :
Cover
The New Roman Empire
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
Part One: A New Empire
1. New Rome and the New Romans
2. Government and the Social Order
3. From Christian Nation to Roman Religion
Part Two: Dynastic Insecurities and Religious Passions
4. The First Christian Emperors (324–361)
5. Competing Religions of Empire (337–363)
6. Toward an Independent East (364–395)
7. City and Desert: Cultures Old and New
Part Three: The Return of Civilian Government
8. The Political Class Ascendant (395–441)
9. Barbarian Terrors and Military Mobilization (441–491)
10. Political Consolidation and Religious Polarization (491–518)
Part Four: The Strain of Grand Ambitions
11. Chalcedonian Repression and the Eastern Axis (518–531)
12. The Sleepless Emperor (527–540)
13. “Death Has Entered Our Gates” (540–565)
14. The Cost of Overextension (565–602)
Part Five: To the Brink of Despair
15. The Great War with Persia (602–630)
16. Commanders of the Faithful (632–644)
17. Holding the Line (641–685)
18. Life and Taxes among the Ruins
Part Six: Resilience and Recovery
19. An Empire of Outposts (685–717)
20. The Lion and the Dragon (717–775)
21. Reform and Consolidation (775–814)
22. Growing Confidence (815–867)
Part Seven: The Path toward Empire
23. A New David and Solomon (867–912)
24. A Game of Crowns (912–950)
25. The Triumph of Roman Arms (950–1025)
26. A Brief Hegemony (1025–1048)
Part Eight: A New Paradigm
27. The End of Italy and the East (1048–1081)
28. Komnenian Crisis Management (1081–1118)
29. Good John and the Sun King (1118–1180)
30. Disintegration and Betrayal (1180–1204)
Part Nine: Exile and Return
31. “A New France”: Colonial Occupation
32. Romans West and Romans East (1204–1261)
33. Union with Rome and Roman Disunity (1261–1282)
34. Territorial Retrenchment and Cultural Innovation (1282–1328)
Part Ten: Dignity in Defeat
35. Military Failure and Mystical Refuge (1328–1354)
36. The Noose Tightens (1354–1402)
37. The Cusp of a New World (1402–1461)
State Revenues and Payments to Foreign Groups, Fifth-Seventh Centuries
Emperors of the Romans in the East
Glossary
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index
