A History of the Byzantine State and Society

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The first comprehensive and up-to-date history of Byzantium to appear in almost sixty years, and the first ever to cover both the Byzantine state and Byzantine society. Includes 208 illustrations, 21 maps, 18 tables. 1048 pages. Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of Tables Table of Figures Preface Note on Transliteration Introduction PART ONE - The Enlarged State and the Burdened Society CHAPTER ONE - The Refoundation of the Empire, 284-337 DIOCLETIAN’S NEW SYSTEM STABILITY RESTORED RENEWED CONFLICT CONSTANTINE’S CHANGES A PARTLY FINISHED STATE CHAPTER TWO - The State Under Strain, 337—395 CONTINUITY UNDER CONSTANTIUS II DEFEAT UNDER JULIAN DEFEAT UNDER VALENS RECONSTRUCTION UNDER THEODOSIUS CHAPTER THREE - The Danger of Barbarization, 395-457 HOSTILITY BETWEEN EAST AND WEST THE THREAT OF THE HUNS THE GROWTH OF BARBARIAN INFLUENCE CHAPTER FOUR - The Formation of Byzantine Society, 284—457 REGIONS AND JURISDICTIONS THE GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY HELLENISM AND ROMANISM IMPOVERISHMENT AND PROSPERITY PART TWO - The Interrupted Advance CHAPTER FIVE - The Eastern Recovery, 457–518 LEO’S STRUGGLE WITH THE GERMANS ZENO’S STRUGGLE FOR STABILITY ANASTASIUS’S REFORMS CHAPTER SIX - The Reconquests and the Plague, 518–565 THE RISE OF JUSTINIAN JUSTINIAN’S PROJECTS JUSTINIAN’S TRIUMPHS THE PERSIAN ATTACK THE ARRIVAL OF THE PLAGUE JUSTINIAN’S ACHIEVEMENTS CHAPTER SEVEN - The Danger of Overextension, 565–610 JUSTIN II’S OVERCONFIDENCE TIBERIUS’S OVERSPENDING MAURICE’S RETRENCHMENT THE BEGINNING OF DISINTEGRATION CHAPTER EIGHT - A Divided Society, 457–610 EAST, WEST, AND CENTER ORDER AND DISORDER CHURCH AUTHORITY AND ITS LIMITS HIGHER AND LOWER CULTURE EXPANSION AND DEPRESSION PART THREE - The Contained Catastrophe CHAPTER NINE - Two Fights for Survival, 610—668 THE PERSIAN CONQUESTS HERACLIUS’S RESPONSE THE ARAB CONQUESTS CONSTANS II’S RESISTANCE CONSTANS II AND THE THEMES CHAPTER TEN - The War of Attrition, 668—717 ARAB AND BULGAR ATTACKS JUSTINIAN II’S RISKS SEVEN REVOLUTIONS CHAPTER ELEVEN - The Passing of the Crisis, 717—780 CHANGE UNDER LEO III CONFLICT UNDER CONSTANTINE V CONSTANTINE V’S ICONOCLASM LEO IV’S MODERATION CHAPTER TWELVE - The Shrinking of Society, 610-780 LOSSES AND DEPREDATIONS THE REORGANIZED STATE THE SHAKEN CHURCH CULTURAL DISRUPTION ECONOMIC CONTRACTION PART FOUR - The Long Revival CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Internal Reforms, 780—842 THE NEW REGIME OF IRENE NICEPHORUS’S EXPANSION RENEWED DISSENSION THEOPHILUS’S AMBITIONS CHAPTER FOURTEEN - External Gains, 842—912 STABILITY UNDER THEODORA PROGRESS UNDER MICHAEL III BASIL’S VICTORIES LEO VI’S FRUSTRATIONS LEO VI’S EXPANSION CHAPTER FIFTEEN - The Gains Secured, 912—963 THE RIVAL REGENTS THE GAINS OF ROMANUS LECAPENUS MORE GAINS UNDER CONSTANTINE VII THE INHERITANCE OF ROMANUS II CHAPTER SIXTEEN - The Great Conquests, 963—1025 THE CONQUESTS OF NICEPHORUS II THE CONQUESTS OF JOHN TZIMISCES THE STRUGGLES OF BASIL II BASIL II’S SUCCESSES BASIL II’S CONQUESTS CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - The Expansion of Society, 780—1025 ANNEXATIONS AND ASSIMILATION THE PARTNERSHIP OF EMPEROR AND ARMY THE PARTNERSHIP OF EMPEROR AND CHURCH CULTURAL REVIVAL ECONOMIC GROWTH PART FIVE - The Weak State and the Wealthy Society CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - Erratic Government, 1025–1081 ADMINISTRATIVE DRIFT CONSTANTINE IX’S INDOLENCE ABORTIVE REFORMS MILITARY DISASTER CHAPTER NINETEEN - Improvised Reconstruction, 1081–1143 ALEXIUS COMNENUS’S SURVIVAL ALEXIUS AND THE FIRST CRUSADE JOHN II AND NORMALCY CHAPTER TWENTY - Diminishing Security, 1143—1204 MANUEL’S NORMAN WARS MANUEL’S SHIFTING ALLIANCES THE FALL OF THE COMNENI THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - A Restless Society, 1025—1204 GROWING REGIONALISM TENSIONS AT THE CENTER THE CHURCH AND THE WEST CULTURAL FERMENT WEALTH AND TRADE PART SIX - The Failed Restoration CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO - The Successor States, 1204-1261 THE EMERGENCE OF SUCCESSORS THE RISE OF EPIRUS THE RISE OF NICAEA THE RETURN TO CONSTANTINOPLE CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - The Restored Empire, 1261-1328 THE LABORS OF MICHAEL VIII THE FAILURES OF ANDRONICUS II FAMILY RIVALRY CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - The Breakdown, 1328—1391 RECOVERY UNDER ANDRONICUS III THE GREAT CIVIL WAR PLAGUE AND COLLAPSE THE REMNANT OF THE EMPIRE CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE - The End of Byzantine Independence, 1391—1461 A NARROW ESCAPE A LAST APPEAL THE FINAL FALL CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX - The Separation of Society from State, 1204—1461 BYZANTINES AND GREEKS THE FRAGMENTED EMPIRE THE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH THE MAKINGS OF A RENAISSANCE THE PASSING OF THE STATE Conclusion Reference Matter APPENDIX - Lists of Rulers Abbreviations Bibliographical Survey Endnotes Index