The Making of Orthodox Byzantium, 600-1025Annotation The book is a clear, up-to-date, reassessment of the Byzantine empire during a crucial phase in the history of the Near East. Against a geopolitical background (well-illustrated with 14 maps), it covers the last decade of the Roman empire as a superpower of the ancient world, the catastrophic crisis of the seventh century and the means whereby its embattled Byzantine successor hung on in Constantinople and Asia Minor until the Abbasid Caliphate's decline opened up new perspectives for Christian power in the Near East. Not confined to any narrow definition of Byzantine history, the empire's neighbours, allies and enemies in Europe and Asia also receive extensive treatment. |
Contents
SOURCES FOR EARLY MEDIEVAL BYZANTIUM | 1 |
THE STRATEGIC GEOGRAPHY OF THE NEAR EAST | 15 |
THE ROMAN WORLD IN 600 | 38 |
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Abbasid Administrando Imperio al-Dawla al-Tabarī Aleppo Anatolia Arab Armenian Asia Minor Avar Bagratuni Balkans Bardas Phokas Bardas Skleros Basil Basil II Bulgar Bulgaria Byzance Byzantine army Byzantine world Byzantium caliph Cambridge cavalry Chalcedonian Christian Chronicle church conquest Constantine Constantinople court culture Danube defeat east eastern eighth century élite emir emperor empire's evidence Fatimid forces fortress frontier GM cont Greek Herakleios Ibid iconoclasm iconodule icons imperial important Islamic Italy John Tzimiskes Khazar Kiev land late Roman Leo Diaconus Magyars Mango Melitene military families mountains Muslim naxarar Nikephoros Phokas ninth nomad Paris patriarch Pečenegs Persian political Porphyrogenitos prince provinces qaghan raids regime reign Roman empire rulers Sayf scholai seventh century siècle Skirmishing Warfare Skleros Skylitzes Slav soldiers sources steppe strategos survived Svyatoslav Symeon Syria tagmata tenth century territory theme Theo Theophanes Theophilos Thessalonica tion tradition Transcaucasus Turkic victory Volga western
References to this book
Warfare, State and Society in the Byzantine World, 565-1204 John F. Haldon No preview available - 1999 |