Introduction to Byzantium, 602-1453

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of boxes -- List of maps -- Preface -- Introduction -- 0.1 What's in a name? -- 0.2 The study of Byzantium -- 0.3 Byzantium in 602 CE -- 0.4 The tragic end of Emperor Maurice -- Poi...

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Main Author: Harris, Jonathan (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Milton : Taylor & Francis Group , 2020
Online Access:http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=6147001
E-Book Packages:ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection
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Summary:Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of boxes -- List of maps -- Preface -- Introduction -- 0.1 What's in a name? -- 0.2 The study of Byzantium -- 0.3 Byzantium in 602 CE -- 0.4 The tragic end of Emperor Maurice -- Points to remember -- Suggestions for further reading -- PART I: Crisis and survival 602-820 -- 1. Major literary sources for the period 602-820 -- 1.1 Byzantine literature and education -- 1.2 Patriarch Nikephoros -- 1.3 Theophanes Confessor -- 1.4 Other types of source: hagiography and military manuals -- 1.5 Sources from outside Byzantium -- Points to remember -- Some primary sources in English translation -- Suggestions for further reading -- 2. Herakleios and the wars of survival (602-642) -- 2.1 The spiralling crisis (602-622) -- 2.2 Defeat into victory (622-629) -- 2.3 Why the war was won -- 2.4 Victory into defeat (629-642) -- 2.5 What went wrong? -- 2.6 The Balkans and the western provinces -- Points to remember -- Suggestions for further reading -- 3. The dark age (642-718) -- 3.1 The new enemy: the Umayyad caliphate -- 3.2 Constantinople under siege -- 3.3 The battle for Asia Minor -- 3.4 The reorganisation of Asia Minor -- 3.5 The Balkans and the western provinces -- Points to remember -- Suggestions for further reading -- 4. The beginnings of the revival (718-820) -- 4.1 The North Syrian dynasty -- 4.2 Iconoclasm -- 4.3 The reign of Irene (780-802) -- 4.4 The limits of revival: Bulgaria -- 4.5 The limits of revival: Italy -- Points to remember -- Suggestions for further reading -- PART II: Reconquest and hegemony 820-1045 -- 5. Major literary sources for the period 820-1045 -- 5.1 The 'Macedonian Renaissance' -- 5.2 Historians at the court of Constantine VII (945-959) -- 5.3 Leo the Deacon -- 5.4 Michael Psellos.
5.5 Another kind of source: letters -- Points to remember -- primary sources in English translation -- Suggestions for further reading -- 6. Amorians, Macedonians and Lekapenids (820-959) -- 6.1 The Amorian dynasty (820-867) -- 6.2 Basil I and the Macedonian dynasty (867-912) -- 6.3 Church and state under the Amorians and early Macedonians -- 6.4 Romanos I and the Lekapenid interlude (912-945) -- 6.5 The Macedonians restored (945-959) -- Points to remember -- Suggestions for further reading -- 7. Economy and culture -- 7.1 Economic revival -- 7.2 Art and architecture -- 7.3 Monasteries -- 7.4 Cultural influence -- 7.5 Urban life -- 7.6 Rural life -- Points to remember -- Suggestions for further reading -- 8. Expansion and social change (959-1045) -- 8.1 The rise of a landed, military aristocracy? -- 8.2 The soldier emperors (963-976) -- 8.3 Basil II (976-1025) -- 8.4 After Basil (1025-1045) -- Points to remember -- Suggestions for further reading -- PART III: Contraction, recovery and calamity 1045-1204 -- 9. Major literary sources for the period 1045-1204 -- 9.1 Historians at the Komnenian court -- 9.2 Anna Komnene and the Alexiad -- 9.3 Niketas Choniates -- 9.4 Other sources: political speeches and views from the West -- Points to remember -- primary sources in English translation -- Suggestions for further reading -- 10. The eleventh-century crisis (1045-1091) -- 10.1 The watershed moment? The reign of Constantine IX (1042-1055) -- 10.2 The end of the Macedonian dynasty (1055-1067) -- 10.3 Romanos IV and the battle of Manzikert (1067-1071) -- 10.4 The fall of Asia Minor (1071-1081) -- 10.5 The struggle for the Balkans (1081-1091) -- Points to remember -- Suggestions for further reading -- 11. Stability under the Komnenos dynasty (1091-1180) -- 11.1 A new style of government under Alexios I -- 11.2 Alexios I and the First Crusade (1091-1118).
11.3 After Alexios: John II (1118-1143) -- 11.4 'Most happy emperor of illustrious memory': Manuel I (1143-1180) -- 11.5 Art and architecture under the Komnenos dynasty -- Points to remember -- Suggestions for further reading -- 12. The road to catastrophe (1180-1204) -- 12.1 Instability returns (1180-1185) -- 12.2 Alienation in the provinces -- 12.3 From alienation to separation: Isaac II Angelos (1185-1195) -- 12.4 The threat from the West: Alexios III Angelos (1195-1203) -- 12.5 The Fourth Crusade (1203-1204) -- Points to remember -- Suggestions for further reading -- PART IV: Decline and disappearance 1204-1453 -- 13. Major literary sources for the period 1204-1453 -- 13.1 George Akropolites -- 13.2 The last Attic historians -- 13.3 Historians writing after 1453 -- 13.4 Other sources: Western literary and archival -- Points to remember -- primary sources in English translation -- Suggestions for further reading -- 14. Exile and restoration (1204-1282) -- 14.1 The aftermath of the Fourth Crusade (1204-1221) -- 14.2 John III and the expansion of Nicaea (1221-1259) -- 14.3 Michael VIII and the recovery of Constantinople (1259-1267) -- 14.4 The challenge of Charles of Anjou (1267-1282) -- 14.5 The Palaiologan Renaissance in art and education -- Points to remember -- Suggestions for further reading -- 15. Decline and downfall (1282-1453) -- 15.1 The calamitous reign of Andronikos II (1282-1328) -- 15.2 Civil war and controversy (1328-1354) -- 15.3 Urban and rural economy and society -- 15.4 The descent into vassaldom (1354-1394) -- 15.5 The last phase (1394-1453) -- Points to remember -- Suggestions for further reading -- 16 Conclusion Byzantium's legacy -- Glossary -- List of Emperors -- Timeline -- Weblinks -- Bibliography of secondary literature -- Index.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (325 pages)
ISBN:9781351368773

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